Joan C Beal

English in Modern Times

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Produktbeschreibung

English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course of this later modern English period that the characteristics of 'modern' English evolved.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9781138144064
• ISBN-10: 1138144061
• Artikelnr.: 69949262

Autorenporträt

Joan Beal, Director, National Centre for English Cultural Tradition, University of Sheffield, UK

Inhaltsangabe

1 Modern English and Modern Times
2 The Vocabulary of Later Modern English
3 Recording and Regulating the Lexicon: Dictionaries from Dr Johnson to the
Oxford English Dictionary
4 Syntactic Change in Later Modern English
5 Grammars and Grammarians
6 Phonological Change in Later Modern English
7 Defining the Standard of Pronunciation: Pronouncing Dictionaries and the
Rise of RP
8 Beyond Standard English: Varieties of English in the Later Modern Period
Reference
Index

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1 Modern English and Modern Times
2 The Vocabulary of Later Modern English
3 Recording and Regulating the Lexicon: Dictionaries from Dr Johnson to the Oxford English Dictionary
4 Syntactic Change in Later Modern English
5 Grammars and Grammarians
6 Phonological Change in Later Modern English
7 Defining the Standard of Pronunciation: Pronouncing Dictionaries and the Rise of RP
8 Beyond Standard English: Varieties of English in the Later Modern Period
Reference
Index

Rezensionen

English in Modern Times is a welcome and praiseworthy addition to existing scholarship on the history of English.

English Language and Linguistics

"It can be read with great profit."

Anglistik, Vol 18.1