From Old English to Standard English: A Course Book in Language Variation Across Time, Volumen4

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University 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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