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- catalog abstract ""A History of English provides an intelligent and accessible synthesis of modern sociolinguistic approaches to the development of the English language." "Beginning with the pre-history of English, each chapter provides sociohistorical context, an overview of the major structural changes at each stage of the development of the language, and discussion of topics of particular sociolinguistic interest. Textual examples are given from a number of genres of writing including classical literature, letters, prose writings, modern popular literature and software documentation. The volume concludes with a discussion of the future of English language."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12440798.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""A History of English provides an intelligent and accessible synthesis of modern sociolinguistic approaches to the development of the English language." "Beginning with the pre-history of English, each chapter provides sociohistorical context, an overview of the major structural changes at each stage of the development of the language, and discussion of topics of particular sociolinguistic interest. Textual examples are given from a number of genres of writing including classical literature, letters, prose writings, modern popular literature and software documentation. The volume concludes with a discussion of the future of English language."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction. 1.1. The Time Periods of English. 1.2. Language Change. 1.3. Sources of Information on Language Change. 1.4. Linguistic Preliminaries. 1.5. The Sounds of English, and Symbols Used to Describe Them -- 2. The Pre-history of English. 2.1. The Indo-European Languages and Linguistic Relatedness. 2.2. Linguistic Developments: The Indo-European Language Family. 2.3. From Indo-European to Germanic. 2.4. Typological Classification. 2.5. Sociolinguistic Focus. The Indo-European Tribes and the Spread of Language. Language Contact and Language Change. Archaeological Linguistics -- 3. Old English. 3.1. Social and Political History. 3.2. Linguistic Developments: The Sounds, Structure and Typology of Old English.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-279) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 284 p. :".
- catalog identifier "063120072X (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0631200738 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Blackwell textbooks in linguistics ; 17".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers,".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "420/.9 21".
- catalog subject "English language History.".
- catalog subject "English language Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Language and culture English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "PE1075 .F39 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction. 1.1. The Time Periods of English. 1.2. Language Change. 1.3. Sources of Information on Language Change. 1.4. Linguistic Preliminaries. 1.5. The Sounds of English, and Symbols Used to Describe Them -- 2. The Pre-history of English. 2.1. The Indo-European Languages and Linguistic Relatedness. 2.2. Linguistic Developments: The Indo-European Language Family. 2.3. From Indo-European to Germanic. 2.4. Typological Classification. 2.5. Sociolinguistic Focus. The Indo-European Tribes and the Spread of Language. Language Contact and Language Change. Archaeological Linguistics -- 3. Old English. 3.1. Social and Political History. 3.2. Linguistic Developments: The Sounds, Structure and Typology of Old English.".
- catalog title "A history of English : a sociolinguistic approach / Barbara A. Fennell.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".