A History of the English Language
**NOT FOR SALE IN THE USA, CANADA OR THE PHILIPPINES** A History of the English Language explores the linguistic and cultural development of English from the Roman conquest of England to the present day to provide a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of its history. This best-selling classic textbook has been revised and updated
**NOT FOR SALE IN THE USA, CANADA OR THE PHILIPPINES** A History of the English Language explores the linguistic and cultural development of English from the Roman conquest of England to the present day to provide a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of its history. This best-selling classic textbook has been revised and updated and encourages the reader to develop both an understanding of present-day English and an enlightened attitude toward the issues affecting the language today. New features of the sixth edition include: * an additional chapter titled ‘English in the Twenty-first Century’, which examines the future of English and other global languages and includes an assessment of Chinese as a world language * an in-depth treatment of phonological changes, such as the placement of the Great Vowel Shift as a bridge between Middle English and Renaissance English * further coverage of corpus linguistics, especially for Renaissance English * fresh sections on accent and register * a new survey of the recent debate between “creolists” and “neo-Anglicists” on the origins of African American Vernacular English., Balanced and wide-ranging, this textbook is a must-read for any student studying the history of the English language
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Five Stars Wonderful!
A carefully researched study This text is something of a classic and had been a great resource for learners and enthusiasts for years now. Don’t expect a prettily illustrated, easily approachable tome, however, this book is very much academic, and it approaches the topic of the development of the language as we know it today through a careful narrative which provides you with a heap of facts, and it’s up to you to keep up! That’s not to claim that is a bore, by no means, but what it is at its very basic is a textbook, and…
Trip through time, and thought pattrns Fascinating