An Introduction to Early Modern English:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615247);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, regio...

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Main Author: Nevalainen, Terttu (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Series:Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language : ETELA
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Summary:GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748615247);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 centuryEmphasis on long-term linguistic developmentsSources for the study of Early Modern EnglishIllustrations ranging from drama and personal letters to trials and early scienceExercises encouraging further exploration of the changing English language.
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (192 pages)
ISBN:9780748626366
DOI:10.1515/9780748626366

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