Keith Johnson

The History of Late Modern Englishes (eBook, ePUB)

An Activity-based Approach

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an accessible and student-friendly introduction to the history of the English language from the beginning of the eighteenth century up until the present day. Taking an activity-based approach, this text ensures that students learn by engaging with the fascinating evolution of this language rather than by simply reading about it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429516641
• Artikelnr.: 61335267

Autorenporträt

Keith Johnson is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Language Education in the Department of Linguistics and English Language, University of Lancaster, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Into the middle of things
2. 'Ascertaining English': the eighteenth century
3. The nineteenth century: English, standard and non-standard
4 A short interlude about variety
5. 'A tongue of small reach': England
6. 'A tongue of small reach': Wales, Scotland, Ireland
7. 'Immigrants goes to America': English in North America
8. A world apart?: Australia and New Zealand
9. Wider still and wider
10. Pidgins, Creoles, and Tok Pisin: a 'ghastly mutilated English'?
11. Worldwide
12. English: a language with a past . . . and a future?
Glossary
References
Index

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1. Into the middle of things

2. 'Ascertaining English': the eighteenth century

3. The nineteenth century: English, standard and non-standard

4 A short interlude about variety

5. 'A tongue of small reach': England

6. 'A tongue of small reach': Wales, Scotland, Ireland

7. 'Immigrants goes to America': English in North America

8. A world apart?: Australia and New Zealand

9. Wider still and wider

10. Pidgins, Creoles, and Tok Pisin: a 'ghastly mutilated English'?

11. Worldwide

12. English: a language with a past . . . and a future?

Glossary

References

Index

Rezensionen

'For both students and teachers, Keith Johnson's History of Late Modern Englishes is a godsend. The book adopts a refreshingly modern, sociolinguistic approach to its subject matter, exploring English in all its varieties. Like its masterful predecessor The History of Early English, it is written in an accessible and entertaining way, and its well-constructed and engaging exercises encourage students to make discoveries about English for themselves. A "must" for my course reading list!'

David Hornsby, University of Kent, UK

'While scholarly discussions of LModE have grown considerably since the turn of the millennium, it has been much less frequent to come across student-centred discussions of what present-day Englishes owe to their historical past. By focussing on geographical variation across time, this book outlines some important ways in which English has changed over the last three centuries.'

Marina Dossena, University of Bergamo, Italy