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Author : Joseph M. Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015020749050
Provides a history of the English language.
Author : Elly van Gelderen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027270436
The English language in its complex shapes and forms changes fast. This thoroughly revised edition has been refreshed with current examples of change and has been updated regarding archeological research. Most suggestions brought up by users and reviewers have been incorporated, for instance, a family tree for Germanic has been added, Celtic influence is highlighted much more, there is more on the origin of Chancery English, and internal and external change are discussed in much greater detail. The philosophy of the revised book remains the same with an emphasis on the linguistic history and on using authentic texts. My audience remains undergraduates (and beginning graduates). The goals of the class and the book are to come to recognize English from various time periods, to be able to read each stage with a glossary, to get an understanding of typical language change, internal and external, and to understand something about language typology through the emphasis on the change from synthetic to analytic. This book has a companion website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/z.183.website
Author : Richard Hogg,David Denison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139451291
The history and development of English, from the earliest known writings to its status today as a dominant world language, is a subject of major importance to linguists and historians. In this book, a team of international experts cover the entire recorded history of the English language, outlining its development over fifteen centuries. With an emphasis on more recent periods, every key stage in the history of the language is covered, with full accounts of standardisation, names, the distribution of English in Britain and North America, and its global spread. New historical surveys of the crucial aspects of the language are presented, and historical changes that have affected English are treated as a continuing process, helping to explain the shape of the language today. This complete and up-to-date history of English will be indispensable to all advanced students, scholars and teachers in this prominent field.
Author : Norman Blake
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1139055534
Volume II deals with the Middle English period, approximately 1066-1476, and describes and analyzes developments in the language from the Norman Conquest to the introduction of printing. This period witnessed important features such as the assimilation of French and the emergence of a standard variety of English. There are chapters on phonology and morphology, syntax, dialectology, lexis and semantics, literary language, and onomastics. Each chapter concludes with a section on further reading; and the volume as a whole is supported by an extensive glossary of linguistic terms and a comprehensive bibliography. The chapters are written by specialists who are familiar with modern approaches to the study of historical linguistics.
Author : M. J. Harper
Publisher : Melville House Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Anthropological linguistics
ISBN : 193363331X
This book presents a new history to explain the story of English.
Author : Albert C. Baugh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:1283297554
Author : Albert Croll Baugh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : English language
ISBN : 0133891550
Author : Colette Moore,Chris C. Palmer
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603293853
The study of the history of the English language (HEL) encompasses a broad sweep of time and space, reaching back to the fifth century and around the globe. Further, the language has always varied from place to place and continues to evolve today. Instructors face the challenges of teaching this vast subject in one semester and of engaging students with unfamiliar material and techniques. This volume guides instructors in designing an HEL course suited to their own interests and institutions. The essays consider what subjects of HEL to include, how to organize the course, and what textbook to assign. They offer historical approaches and those that are not structured by chronology. Sample assignments provide opportunities for students to conduct original research, work with archives and digital resources, and investigate language in their communities. The essays also help students question notions of linguistic correctness.
Author : Thomas Pyles,John Algeo
Publisher : New York : Harcourt, Brace & World
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015000574213
The focus on this 3rd ed., as in the previous, remains on the internal history of English, theoretical implications and purely external history are purposely kept to a minimum. As in the earlier editions, too, the treatment is descriptive and traditional so that students with no prior study of linguistics or of languages will find this text accessible.
Author : Dan McIntyre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781000298406
Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible ‘two-dimensional’ structure is built around four sections – introduction, development, exploration and extension – which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained. This revised second edition of History of English includes: ❑ a comprehensive introduction to the history of English covering the origins of English, the change from Old to Middle English, and the influence of other languages on English; ❑ increased coverage of key issues, such as the standardisation of English; ❑ a wider range of activities, plus answers to exercises; ❑ new readings of well-known authors such as Manfred Krug, Colette Moore, Merja Stenroos and David Crystal; ❑ a timeline of important external events in the history of English. Structured to reflect the chronological development of the English language, History of English describes and explains the changes in the language over a span of 1,500 years, covering all aspects from phonology and grammar, to register and discourse. In doing so, it incorporates examples from a wide variety of texts and provides an interactive and structured textbook that will be essential reading for all students of English language and linguistics.
Author : David Burnley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317883395
This second edition of The History of the English Language- A Sourcebook provides a comprehensive and accessible guide to the origins and development of the English language. First published in 1992, the book contains over fifty illustrative passages, drawn from the oldest English to the twentieth century. The passages are contextualised by individual introductions and grouped into the traditional periods of Old English, Early Middle English, Later Middle English, Early Modern English and Modern English. These periods are connected by brief essays explaining the major linguistic developments associated with each period, to produce a continuous outline history. For this new edition Professor Burnley has expanded the outline of linguistic features at each of the main chronological divisions and included more selections and illustrations. A new section has also been included to illustrate the language of advertising from the 18th century to the present. The book will be of general interest to all those interested in the origins and development of the English language, and in particular to students and teachers of the history of the English language at A-level and university.
Author : Stephan Gramley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136592683
The History of English: An Introduction provides a chronological analysis of the linguistic, social, and cultural development of the English language from before its establishment in Britain around the year 450 to the present. Each chapter represents a new stage in the development of the language from Old English through Middle English to Modern Global English, all illustrated with a rich and diverse selection of primary texts showing changes in language resulting from contact, conquest and domination, and the expansion of English around the world. The History of English goes beyond the usual focus on English in the UK and the USA to include the wider global course of the language during and following the Early Modern English period. This perspective therefore also includes a historical review of English in its pidgin and creole varieties and as a native and/or second language in the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. Designed to be user-friendly, The History of English contains: chapter introductions and conclusions to assist study over 80 textual examples demonstrating linguistic change, accompanied by translations and/or glosses where appropriate study questions on the social, cultural and linguistic background of the chapter topics further reading from key texts to extend or deepen the focus nearly 100 supporting figures, tables, and maps to illuminate the text 16-pages of colour plates depicting exemplary texts, relevant artefacts, and examples of language usage, including Germanic runes, the opening page of Beowulf, the New England Primer, and the Treaty of Waitangi. The companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/gramley supports the textbook and features: an extended view of major aspects of language development as well as synopses of material dealt with in a range of chapters in the book further sample texts, including examples from Chaucer, numerous Early Modern English texts from a wide variety of fields, and twenty-first-century novels additional exercises to help users expand their insights and apply background knowledge an interactive timeline of important historical events and developments with linked encyclopaedic entries audio clips providing examples of a wide range of accents The History of English is essential reading for any student of the English language.
Author : Joseph M. Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780029344705
From Simon & Schuster, Origins of the English Language is Joseph M. Williams' exploration of social and linguistic history. In this book, author Joseph Williams presents a unique social and linguistic history as he explains the ways in which culture, education, class, and race affect language use and what changes in grammar reveal about the changes in our social lives.
Author : Thomas Pyles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : English language
ISBN : UCSC:32106001568481
Author : Laurel J. Brinton,Leslie K. Arnovick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : English language
ISBN : 0199019150
The English Language is an essential survey of the development of the language from its Indo-European past to the present day. Now in a third edition, this text offers enhanced discussion of the socio-historical and cultural contexts of the English language, new approaches to the history ofEnglish, and an anthology of specimen texts from the four major periods of English: Old, Middle, Early Modern, and Modern.