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The history of English. Volume 4, Early modern English / edited by Alexander Bergs and Laurel J. Brinton.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- The History of English ; Volume 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--History.
- English language.
- English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Grammar.
- English language--History.
- Historical linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations, tables.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2017.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This volume provides a comprehensive account of Early Modern English, organized by linguistic level. In seventeen individual chapters, written by recognized experts in the field, this volume not only presents detailed outlines of the traditional language levels, such as phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. It also explores key questions and debates, such as do-periphrasis, the Great Vowel Shift, pronouns and relativization, literary language (including the language of Shakespeare), and sociolinguistics, including contact and standardization.
- This volume provides a comprehensive account of Early Modern English, organized by linguistic level. The volume not only presents detailed outlines of the traditional language levels, it also explores key questions and debates, such as do-periphrasis, the Great Vowel Shift, pronouns and relativization, literary language (including the language of Shakespeare), and sociolinguistics, including contact and standardization.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Early Modern English: Overview
- Chapter 3: Phonology
- Chapter 4: Morphology
- Chapter 5: Syntax
- Chapter 6: Lexicon and semantics
- Chapter 7: Pragmatics and discourse
- Chapter 8: Dialects
- Chapter 9: Language contact
- Chapter 10: Standardization
- Chapter 11: Sociolinguistics
- Chapter 12: Pronouns
- Chapter 13: Periphrastic DO
- Chapter 14: The Great Vowel Shift
- Chapter 15: Relativization
- Chapter 16: Literary language
- Chapter 17: The language of Shakespeare
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed November 29, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 9783110522914
- 3110522918
- 9783110525069
- 3110525062
- OCLC:
- 1011453322
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