Early Modern English / / Charles Barber.
Now available in a completely revised edition, this book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 - the different varieties of the language, the attitudes of its speakers towards it, its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. It will be useful to serious students of the history...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Phonetic Symbols
- List of Figures
- Abbreviations
- 1. Varieties of Early Modem English
- 2. Attitudes to English
- 3. Phonology
- 4. Grammar: (1) Morphology
- 5. Grammar: (2) Syntax
- 6. The Expanding Vocabulary
- 7. Changes of Meaning
- Appendix: Further Passages for Study
- Select Bibliography
- Index