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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... described features of the language in the OE texts of Chapters 1 and 2 are those that we can systematically apply to any text of English . To remind you once more , we look at any one or more of the following ' levels ' of language and ...
... described features of the language in the OE texts of Chapters 1 and 2 are those that we can systematically apply to any text of English . To remind you once more , we look at any one or more of the following ' levels ' of language and ...
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... described in later chapters . In medieval times , as we have seen , there was no national standard form of English , only local standards . - The texts that have been described in some detail so far suggest that the main linguistic ...
... described in later chapters . In medieval times , as we have seen , there was no national standard form of English , only local standards . - The texts that have been described in some detail so far suggest that the main linguistic ...
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... described in relation to the printed texts . 9.9.1 Spelling and punctuation OE and ME < p > was no longer in use , except in the conventional abbreviations for the and that , < > and < > . < u > and < v > were still used for both vowel ...
... described in relation to the printed texts . 9.9.1 Spelling and punctuation OE and ME < p > was no longer in use , except in the conventional abbreviations for the and that , < > and < > . < u > and < v > were still used for both vowel ...
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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