From dialect to standard : English in England, 1154-1776 / Hans Frede Nielsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nielsen, Hans Frede, 1943-2021.

Series:

Nielsen, Hans Frede, 1943- Journey through the history of the English language in England and America ; v. 2.

North-Western European language evolution. Supplement, 0900-8675 ; v. 21

A journey through the history of the English language in England and America ; v. 2

NOWELE Supplement Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--England--History.

English language.

English language--Dialects--England--History.

English language--Foreign elements.

English language--Standardization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

English in England, 1154-1776

Place of Publication:

Odense : University Press of Southern Denmark ; Portland, Or. : Distribution in the United States by International Specialized Book Services, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Dialect to Standard: English in England 1154-1776 is the second volume of a set of three offering a comprehensive survey of what by the author is seen as the most interesting aspects of the long history of English from its embryonic stages to the language spoken today in England and America.The present book spans the period up to 1776, the year of the American Declaration of Independence and the year in which Adam Smith published his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. The title of the first volume from 1998 was The Continental Backgrounds of Engl

Contents:

From Dialect to Standard: English in England 1154-1776; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ERRATA; 8. THE PLANTAGENET ERA: HISTORY AND LANGUAGE; 8.1. Political Developments between 1154 and 1485; 8.1.1. The Angevins1; 8.1.1.1. Angevin rule until 1272; 8.1.1.2. From Edward I to Richard II (1272-1399); 8.1.2. The Lancaster and York kings (1399-1485); 8.2. Politics and the French Lexical Impact on English; 8.3. The Sociolinguistic Situation in England; 8.3.1. The Norman and early Angevin eras

8.3.2. The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries8.4. The French Lexical Impact on English Revisited; 8.5. Contact with Other Languages; 8.5.1. Celtic; 8.5.2. Scandinavian; 8.5.3. Latin; 8.5.3.1. Latin lexical influence on English; 8.5.3.2. 'Latyn corrupt' and macaronic writing; 8.5.4. Dutch; 8.6. Concluding Remarks; 9. THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. The Heterogeneity of Middle English; 9.2.1. Some contemporary voices; 9.2.2. Regional dialects; 9.2.3. Variation over time; 9.3. Textual Evidence for the Middle English Dialects; 9.3.1. Early and late Middle English texts

9.3.2. Dialect samples9.3.2.1. Northern; 9.3.2.2. East Midland; 9.3.2.3. West Midland; 9.3.2.4. South-Western; 9.3.2.5. South-Eastern; 9.3.3. A selection of Middle English dialect criteria; 9.3.3.1. Old English ā; 9.3.3.2. Old English Фу; 9.3.3.3. Old English eo; 9.3.3.4. Old English a plus nasal; 9.3.3.5. The Old English initial fricatives; 9.3.3.6. Old English hw-; 9.3.3.7. Consonantal northernisms; 9.3.3.8. The Old English substantival plural markers; 9.3.3.9. The 3 personal plural pronouns; 9.3.3.10. The present tense; 9.3.3.11. The past participles; 9.3.3.12. The present participles

9.3.3.13. The infinitives9.3.3.14. Lexical borrowing; 9.3.3.15. Higden revisited. A summary; 9.3.4. Modern surveys of the Middle English dialects; 9.3.4.1. Moore, Meech & Whitehall; 9.3.4.2. Kristensson; 9.3.4.3. Mcintosh, Samuels & Benskin; 9.4. A Linguistic Profile of Middle English; 9.4.1. Phonology and spelling; 9.4.1.1. The accented vowels; 9.4.1.2. The vocalism of final unaccented syllables; 9.4.1.3. The consonant system; 9.4.1.4. An orthographic note; 9.4.2. Morphology; 9.4.2.1. Nouns; 9.4.2.2. Pronouns and articles; 9.4.2.3. Adjectives, adverbs and numerals; 9.4.2.4. Verbs

9.4.3. Syntax9.4.3.1. General remarks on Middle English word-order; 9.4.3.2. The propword one; 9.4.3.3. The genitive case; 9.4.3.4. The subjunctive mood; 9.4.3.5. The passive; 9.4.3.6. The expanded form; 9.4.3.7. The perfect and the pluperfect; 9.4.3.8. The future; 9.4.3.9. Periphrastic constructions with do and gan; 9.4.3.10. Negation; 9.4.3.11. Concord; 9.4.4. Lexicon; 9.4.4.1. Introduction; 9.4.4.2. The lexical heritage of Middle English; 9.4.4.3. Further observations on the French lexical impact; 9.4.4.4. The influx of Latin words; 9.4.4.4.1. When and why

9.4.4.4.2. Latin or French? A problem illustrated

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-284) and index.

ISBN:

9786613886859

9781283574402

1283574403

9789027272751

9027272751

OCLC:

811490634