An Introduction to Early Modern English Paperback / softback
by Terttu Nevalainen
Part of the Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages, 6 line drawings
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:19/01/2006
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- ISBN:9780748615247
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages, 6 line drawings
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:19/01/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780748615247