Studying the history of early English /

"This accessible book introduces students to the latest linguistic approaches and methodologies for studying the history of English. Horobin shows the importance of thinking about why, as well as how, language changes over time and includes practical information on gathering evidence alongside...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horobin, Simon
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Perspectives on the English language.
Subjects:
Geschichte 450-1700.
English language > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History.
English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History.
English language > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History.
Historical linguistics.
Online Access:http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=018616357&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Table of Contents:
  • Studying language change
  • Evidence
  • Standardization
  • Spellings and sounds
  • The lexicon
  • Morphology
  • Corpus studies.

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