An introduction to early modern English

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An introduction to early modern English

Terttu Nevalainen

(Edinburgh textbooks on the English language / general editor, Heinz Giegerich)

Edinburgh University Press, c2006

  • : pbk
  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

An introduction to Early Modern English, this book helps students of English and linguistics to place the language of the period 1500-1700 in its historical context as a language with a common core but also as one which varies across time, regionally and socially, and according to register. The volume focuses on the structure of what contemporaries called the General Dialect - its spelling, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation - and on its dialectal origins. The book also discusses the language situation and linguistic anxieties in England at a time when Latin exerted a strong influence on the rising standard language. The volume includes: *The major changes in English from the 15th to the 18th century *Emphasis on long-term linguistic developments *Sources for the study of Early Modern English *Illustrations ranging from drama and personal letters to trials and early science *Exercises encouraging further exploration of the changing English language.

目次

  • 1. The Early Modern English Period
  • 2. Sources for the Study of Early Modern English
  • 3. Towards a Standard Language
  • 4. Old Words and Loan Words
  • 5. Word-Formation and Semantic Change
  • 6. Nouns and Pronouns
  • 7. Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs
  • 8. Syntactic Structures
  • 9. Changing Pronunciation
  • 10. Language in the Community.

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