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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... thought so ; and it is happened unto thee as to other weak men . c So when he was come in , and set down , they gave him something to drink ; d There was great talk presently after you was gone out ... 5 ( negatives ) a Then said ...
... thought so ; and it is happened unto thee as to other weak men . c So when he was come in , and set down , they gave him something to drink ; d There was great talk presently after you was gone out ... 5 ( negatives ) a Then said ...
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... thought that the ' state of perfection ' would be achieved some time in the future , but later eighteenth century grammarians placed it in the early and mid - eighteenth century language of writers like Addison , Steele , Pope and Swift ...
... thought that the ' state of perfection ' would be achieved some time in the future , but later eighteenth century grammarians placed it in the early and mid - eighteenth century language of writers like Addison , Steele , Pope and Swift ...
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... thought there were . yes well quitel they do that sort of thing you seel and then they see what they've produced and then they sort of they score them yesl up in a certain way and they'll say have they . erm yesl - have they donel what ...
... thought there were . yes well quitel they do that sort of thing you seel and then they see what they've produced and then they sort of they score them yesl up in a certain way and they'll say have they . erm yesl - have they donel what ...
Términos y frases comunes
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