The History of English. / Volume 1, : Historical Outlines from Sound to Text / / Alexander Bergs, Laurel Brinton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017
• HerausgeberIn: Bergs, Alexander,; Brinton, Laurel,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Reader ; Volume 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (IX, 255 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Abbreviations --; Chapter 1: Introduction --; Chapter 2: Periodization in the History of the English Language --; Chapter 3: Phonology --; Chapter 4: Prosody --; Chapter 5: Morphology --; Chapter 6: Syntax --; Chapter 7: Semantics and Lexicon --; Chapter 8: Idioms and Fixed Expressions --; Chapter 9: Pragmatics and Discourse --; Chapter 10: Onomastics --; Chapter 11: Orthography --; Chapter 12: Styles, Registers, Genres, Text Types --; Chapter 13: Standards in the History of English --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110525281; 9783110719543; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110547887
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110525281
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alexander Bergs, Laurel Brinton.

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. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English, organized by linguistic level, and it explores key questions and debates. Individual chapters are written by recognized experts in the field. The volume begins with a re-evaluation of the concept of periodization in the history of English. This is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional areas of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics as well as chapters covering areas less often treated in histories of English, including prosody, idioms and fixed expressions, pragmatics and discourse, onomastics, orthography, style/register/text types, and standardization.