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Title The Cambridge history of the English language / general editor, Richard M. Hogg
Published Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1992-<2001 >

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Description volumes <1-6 > : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents v. 1. The beginnings to 1066 / edited by Richard M. Hogg -- v. 2. 1066-1476 / edited by Norman Blake -- v. 3. 1476-1776 / edited by Roger Lass -- v. 4. 1776-1997 / edited by Suzanne Romaine -- v. 5. English in Britain and overseas : origins and development / edited by Robert W. Burchfield -- v. 6. English in North America / edited by John Algeo
Summary Volume 1, Beginnings to 1066: This volume deals with the history of English up to the Norman Conquest and contains chapters on Indo-European and Germanic, phonology and morphology, syntax, semantics and vocabulary, dialectology, onomastics, and literary language. Each chapter, as well as giving a chronologically-oriented presentation of the data, surveys scholarship in the area and takes full account of the impact of developing and current linguistic theory on the interpretation of the data. The chapters have been written with both specialists and non-specialists in mind
Volume 3, 1476-1776: This volume begins at the time of the establishment of Caxtons first press in England and concludes with the American Declaration of Independence, the notional birth of the first (non-insular) extraterritorial English. It encompasses three centuries which saw immense cultural change over the whole of Europe: the late middle ages, the renaissance, the reformation, the enlightenment, and the beginnings of romanticism. During this time, Middle English became Early Modern English and then developed into the early stages of indisputably modern, if somewhat old-fashioned, English. In this book, the distinguished team of six contributors traces these developments, covering orthography and punctuation, phonology and morphology, syntax, lexis and semantics, regional and social variation, and the literary language. The volume also contains a glossary of linguistic terms and an extensive bibliography
Analysis English language History
English language History
Notes Vol. 1 edited by Richard M. Hogg
Vol. 2 edited by Norman Blake
Vol. 3 edited by Roger Lass
Vol. 4 edited by Suzanne Romaine
Vol. 5 edited by Robert Burchfield
Vol. 6 edited by John Algeo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject English language -- History.
Author Algeo, John.
Burchfield, R. W. (Robert William), 1923-
Hogg, Richard M.
Lass, Roger.
Romaine, Suzanne, 1951-
LC no. 91013881
ISBN 052126474X (v. 1)
0521264758 (v. 2)
0521264766 (v. 3)
0521264774 (v. 4)
0521264782 (v. 5)
0521264790 (v. 6)
Other Titles English in Britain and overseas