| Description |
1 online resource (1196 pages) |
| Series |
Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science ; v. 34.1 |
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Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; In memoriam; General abbreviations; I Periods; 1 Pre-Old English; 2 Old English; 3 Middle English; 4 Early Modern English; 5 Late Modern English; 6 Contemporary English; II Linguistic Levels; 7 Phonology; 8 Prosody; 9 Morphology; 10 Syntax; 11 Semantics and lexicon; 12 Idioms and fixed expressions; 13 Pragmatics and discourse; 14 Onomastics; 15 Orthography; 16 Styles, registers, genres, text types; III Old English; 17 Phonology; 18 Morphology; 19 Syntax; 20 Semantics and lexicon; 21 Pragmatics and discourse; 22 Dialects; 23 Language contact; 24 Standardization |
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25 Literary languageIV Middle English; 26 Phonology; 27 Morphology; 28 Syntax; 29 Semantics and lexicon; 30 Pragmatics and discourse; 31 Dialects; 32 Language contact; 33 Standardization; 34 Sociolinguistics; 35 Literary language; 36 The language of Chaucer; V Early Modern English; 37 Phonology; 38 Morphology; 39 Syntax; 40 Lexicon and semantics; 41 Pragmatics and discourse; 42 Dialects; 43 Language contact; 44 Standardization; 45 Sociolinguistics; 46 Pronouns; 47 Periphrastic DO; 48 The Great Vowel Shift; 49 Relativization; 50 Literary language; 51 The language of Shakespeare |
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VI Late Modern English52 Phonology; 53 Morphology; 54 Syntax; 55 Semantics and lexicon; 56 Pragmatics and discourse; 57 Dialects; 58 Standardization; 59 Sociolinguistics; VII Standardization; 60 Prescriptive tradition; 61 The complaint tradition; 62 Standards in the history of English; 63 Codifiers; 64 English language regard; 65 Bible translations; 66 Dictionaries and the standardization of English; VIII English and the Media; 67 Newspapers; 68 Television; 69 Radio; 70 Internet; Index |
| Summary |
The handbook Historical Linguistics of English offers in more than 130 articles in two volumes a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and theory neutral overview of all central aspects of the history of English. The first volume contains detailed descriptions of the individual linguistic levels, from phonology to syntax, semantics and pragmatics, for each period of the language, from Old English to Late Modern English. Moreover, the volume offers chapters on particular topics pertaining to individual periods such as the 'Great Vowel Shift', standardization, and do-periphrasis. The second volume ta |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Etymology.
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English language -- History.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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English language
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English language -- Etymology
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Englisch
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Historische Sprachwissenschaft
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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English Language.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Brinton, Laurel J
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| LC no. |
2012014987 |
| ISBN |
9783110251593 |
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3110251590 |
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3110251604 |
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9783110251609 |
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3112146697 |
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9783112146699 |
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