A Social History of EnglishRoutledge, 2005 M08 18 - 312 páginas A Social History of English is the first history of the English language to utilize the techniques, insights and concerns of sociolinguistics. Written in a non-technical way, it takes into account standardization, pidginization, bi- and multilingualism, the issues of language maintenance and language loyalty, and linguistic variation. |
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List of figures | 25 |
Standardisation and writing | 31 |
List of tables | 50 |
Words and meanings | 61 |
Grammar | 86 |
Pronunciation | 112 |
The imposition of English in the British Isles | 149 |
English as an international language | 180 |
A critical linguistic history of English texts | 217 |