Laurel J. Brinton (Professor, Department of English, Professor, Dep, Leslie K. Arnovick (Professor, Department of English, Professor, De

The English Language

A Linguistic History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The English Language: A Linguistic History surveys the development of the English language from its Indo-European past to the present day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, Canada
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 177mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 906g
• ISBN-13: 9780199019151
• ISBN-10: 0199019150
• Artikelnr.: 47864940

Autorenporträt

Laurel J. Brinton, Professor, Department of English, University of British Columbia, Leslie K. Arnovick, Professor, Department of English, University of British Columbia

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Tables, Figures, and Sample Texts
* Preface
* Abbreviations
* 1: Studying the History of English
* Overview
* Objectives
* Why Study the History of English?
* A Definition of Language
* The Components of Language
* Linguistic Change in English
* The Nature of Linguistic Change
* The Origin of Language
* Attitudes toward Linguistic Change
* Resources for Studying the History of English
* Recommended Resources
* 2: Sounds and Sound Change in English
* Overview
* Objectives
* The Sounds of English
* Sound Change
* The Writing of English
* Recommended Resources
* 3: Causes and Mechanisms of Language Change
* Overview
* Objectives
* Causes of Change
* Morphological and Syntactic Change
* Semantic Change
* Pragmatic Change
* Recommended Resources
* 4: The Indo-European Language Family and Proto-Indo-European
* Overview
* Objectives
* Classification of Languages
* Language Families
* The Indo-European Language Family
* Proto-Language
* Reconstruction
* Proto-Indo-European
* Recommended Resources
* 5: Germanic and the Development of Old English
* Overview
* Objectives
* Proto-Germanic
* Grammatical and Lexical Changes from PIE to Germanic
* Phonological Changes from PIE to Germanic
* A Brief History of Anglo-Saxon England
* The Records of the Anglo-Saxons
* Recommended Resources
* 6: The Words and Sounds of Old English
* Overview
* Objectives
* The Word Stock of the Anglo-Saxons
* The Orthographic System of Old English
* The Phonological System of Old English
* Stress
* A Closer Look at the Language of an Old English Text
* Recommended Resources
* 7: The Grammar of Old English
* Overview
* Objectives
* The Nominal System
* The Verbal System
* Syntax
* A Closer Look at the Language of an Old English Text
* Recommended Resources
* 8: The Rise of Middle English: Words and Sounds
* Overview
* Objectives
* French and English in Medieval England
* The Word Stock of Middle English
* The Written Records of Middle English
* Orthographic Changes
* Consonant Changes
* Vowel Changes
* A Closer Look at the Language of a Middle English Text
* Recommended Resources
* 9: The Grammar of Middle English and Rise of a Written Standard
* Overview
* Objectives
* The Effects of Vowel Reduction
* Comparison of a Middle English and an Old English Text
* Change from Synthetic to Analytic
* Middle English as a Creole?
* The Rise of a Standard Dialect
* A Closer Look at the Language of a Middle English Text
* Recommended Resources
* 10: The Words, Sounds, and Inflections of Early Modern English
* Overview
* Objectives
* Early Modern English Vocabulary
* The Great Vowel Shift
* Changes in the Short Vowels and Diphthongs
* A Closer Look at the Language of an Early Modern English Text
* Changes in Consonants
* Renaissance Respellings
* Changes in Nominal Inflected Forms
* Case Usage
* Changes in Verbal Inflected Forms
* A Closer Look at the Language of an Early Modern English Text
* Recommended Resources
* 11: Early Modern English Verbal Constructions and Eighteenth-Century
Prescriptivism
* Overview
* Objectives
* Early Modern English Syntax
* Late Modern English and the Rise of Prescriptivism
* Aims of the Eighteenth-Century Grammarians
* Methods of the Eighteenth-Century Grammarians
* The Question of Usage
* Dictionaries
* Recommended Resources
* 12: Modern English
* Overview
* Objectives
* Grammatical and Lexical Changes in Late Modern English
* Changes in Progress
* The Effect of New Media on English
* Recommended Resources
* 13: Varieties of English
* Overview
* Objectives
* The Development of National Varieties
* Important Regional Varieties of the British Isles
* English as a Global Language
* Recommended Resources
* Appendix A: Quick Reference Guide
* Appendix B: Timeline of Significant Historical, Social, Literary, and
Linguistic Events in the History of English
* Appendix C: Anthology of Readings
* Exercise Key
* Glossary of Linguistic Terms
* Works Cited
* Index