From Old English to Standard English: A Course Book in Language Variation Across Time
Dennis Freeborn
A practical and comprehensive course book which leads the student from the dialects of Old English, through Middle and Early Modern English to the establishment of Standard English in the 18th century, with a postscript on language today. The text includes fascinating and informative illustrative facsimiles of letters, chronicles, diaries and literary extracts, with descriptive analyses and assignments for students. The aim is that students will gain an understanding of language variation and change in vocabulary, meaning, pronunciation, spelling and syntax, set against historical, social and political backgrounds.
Year:
1998
Edition:
2nd
Publisher:
Macmillan Education UK
Language:
english
Pages:
501
ISBN 10:
1631631691
ISBN 13:
9781631631696
Series:
Studies in English Language series
File:
PDF, 161.64 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1998
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