The origins and development of the English language
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The origins and development of the English language
Heinle, c1993
4th ed
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Bibliography: p. 313-337
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The history of the English language, as seen through the lens of linguistic analysis, takes a theory-neutral stance for graduate and advanced undergraduate studies. Pyles and Algeo present the differences between our present British and American dialects in a scholarly fashion without confining the student to a prerequisite knowledge of linguistic theory.
Table of Contents
Language and Languages: An Introduction. The Sounds of Current English. Letters and Sounds: A Brief History of Writing. The Backgrounds of English. The Old English Period (449. 1100). The Middle English Period (1100. 1500). The Modern English Period to 1800: Forms and Syntax. Recent British and American English. Words and Meanings. New Words from Old. Foreign Elements in the English Word Stock.
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