The English language
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The English language
（The Penguin history of literature, v. 10）
Penguin, 1993
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Bibliography: p. [343]-354
Includes index
Originally published: [London] : Sphere Books, 1975
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume of "The Penguin History of Literature" is devoted to its medium, the English language. A first section considers present-day English, its sounds, grammar, vocabulary and stylistic varieties. A second section describes the growth of the language over the centuries and concludes with chapters on the social context of English-language studies and the role of English in the modern world. While each essay stands complete in itself, the book is designed to provide a grounding in the modern language through which to explore past developments. It constitutes an introduction to the subject, and full biographies point the way to further investigation. "The Penguin History of Literature" is a critical survey of English and American literature in ten volumes. Each volume is a collection of original essays specially commissioned for the series, which, taken together, cover 14 centuries of literature from the Anglo-Saxons to the present.
Table of Contents
- Language and languages, Frank Palmer
- phonology - the sounds of English, Peter Barnes
- morphology - the forms of English, D. Allerton with M. French
- syntax - the structure of English, Michael Garman
- Lexis - the vocabulary of English, Christopher Ball
- style - the varieties of English, David Crystal
- the early history of English, W.F. Bolton
- the later history of English, Charles Barber
- the social contexts of English, Dick Leith
- the English language or the English languages?, Tom McArthur.
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