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History of english : Historical Outlines from Sound to Text / Brinton, Laurel (Ed.) & Bergs, Alexander

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2017.Description: 280 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 3110522381
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.9 BRI
Summary: The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English and explores key questions and debates. A re-evaluation of the concept of periodization is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional linguistic areas - phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics - and chapters on prosody, idioms, fixed expressions, onomastics, orthography, register, and standardization, among others.
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The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English and explores key questions and debates. A re-evaluation of the concept of periodization is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional linguistic areas - phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics - and chapters on prosody, idioms, fixed expressions, onomastics, orthography, register, and standardization, among others.

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