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Towards a standard English, 1600-1800 / edited by Dieter Stein, Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Topics in English linguistics ; 12
- Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Early modern, 1500-1700.
- English language.
- English language--18th century.
- English language--Standardization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (331 pages)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2012
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Sorting out the variants: Standardization and social factors in the English language 1600-1800 / Stein, Dieter
- The notion of "standard language" and its applicability to the study of Early Modern English pronunciation / Milroy, James
- "Politeness" as linguistic ideology in late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England / Klein, Lawrence
- Language standardization in eighteenth-century Scotland / Frank, Thomas
- Prestige norms in stage plays, 1600-1800 / McIntosh, Carey
- Proliferation and option-cutting: The strong verb in the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries / Lass, Roger
- Standardization and the English irregular verbs / Cheshire, Jenny
- The differentiation of statives and perfects in early modern English: The development of the conclusive perfect / Brinton, Laurel J.
- Its strength and the beauty of it: The standardization of the third person neuter possessive in Early Modern English / Nevalainen, Terttu / Raumolin-Brunberg, Helena
- Standard and non-standard pronominal usage in English, with special reference to the eighteenth century / Ostade, Ingrid Tieken-Boon van
- The critic and the grammarians: Joseph Addison and the prescriptivists / Wright, Susan
- The effect of exposure to standard English: The language of William Clift / Austin, Frances
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9783110864281
- 3110864282
- OCLC:
- 979635525
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