From Old English to Standard English: A Course Book in Language Variation Across Time, Volumen4University of Ottawa Press, 1992 - 218 páginas A fascinating, visual volume which traces the development of the language from the dialects of Old English, through Middle and Early Modern English to the establishment of Standard English in the eighteenth century, with a postscript on the language of today. The core of the book is a series of illustrative texts and facsimiles, which descriptive analyses and assignments for students. The texts include chronicles, letters, diaries, literary extracts and contemporary descriptions of the language at different periods. The focus of the study is on vocabulary, meaning, pronunciation, spelling and syntax, set against the historical, social and political background which some of the texts themselves illustrate. This book is firmly based upon linguistic description, and the commentaries form a series of case studies from which some understanding of the principles of language variation and change can be obtained--from back cover. |
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... called ash - derived from Latin . It is today popularly known as ' short a ' , as in MnE cat . a consonant pronounced / 8 / or / d / ; the letter is called thorn from its runic name - now replaced by < th > . a consonant also pronounced ...
... called ash - derived from Latin . It is today popularly known as ' short a ' , as in MnE cat . a consonant pronounced / 8 / or / d / ; the letter is called thorn from its runic name - now replaced by < th > . a consonant also pronounced ...
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... called Refpublica of the wbicbe the worde Res / bath diners significations , & dothenat lica . only betoken that , that is called a thynge , wbicbe is distincte from a persone - but also fignifieth aftate / condition / substance , and ...
... called Refpublica of the wbicbe the worde Res / bath diners significations , & dothenat lica . only betoken that , that is called a thynge , wbicbe is distincte from a persone - but also fignifieth aftate / condition / substance , and ...
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... called themselves Children of the Light , Friends of Truth or simply Friends . George Fox explains in his journal how the name Quaker came about : ... this was Justice Bennett of Darby yt first called Us Quakers because wee bid ym ...
... called themselves Children of the Light , Friends of Truth or simply Friends . George Fox explains in his journal how the name Quaker came about : ... this was Justice Bennett of Darby yt first called Us Quakers because wee bid ym ...
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3rd person accent Activity Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Bislama called Canterbury Tales changes Chapter Chaucer's consonant cynegils Danelaw described dictionary diphthong Dorothy Dorothy Osborne East Midlands eighteenth century England English language English today evidence example extract facsimile following text fourteenth century French George Fox grammarians hath haue inflections John Dryden John Hart's King land Latin letter long vowels longage Lord maner manuscripts Margery Kempe mark meaning Middle English Midlands dialect Northern nouns OE word Peterborough Chronicle phrase Piers Plowman plural present-day printed pronouns pronunciation rhyme Section seventeenth century Sir Thomas sixteenth century sound speech speke spelt spoken Standard English standard language style suffixes syllables tense Text Commentary Book thee ther things thou translation variety verb verse vocabulary and grammar Vowel Shift vulgar wæs West Saxon William Temple wolde Word Book writing written þat