History of English / / Jonathan Culpeper.
This is a superb introduction to all the key areas of language and linguistics. Written in clear and concise sections this is the essential guide to this core subject.
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| Superior document: | Language workbooks |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London ;, New York : : Routledge,, 2005. |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Language workbooks.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (125 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; USING THIS BOOK; 1 THE BIRTH OF ENGLISH; 2 INVESTIGATING CHANGE IN ENGLISH; 3 SPELLINGS AND SPEECH SOUNDS; 4 BORROWING WORDS; 5 NEW WORDS FROM OLD; 6 CHANGING MEANINGS; 7 GRAMMAR I; 8 GRAMMAR II; 9 DIALECTS IN BRITISH ENGLISH; 10 STANDARDISATION; 11 WORLD ENGLISHES; APPENDIX I: READING AN OED ENTRY; APPENDIX II: THE INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY TREE; APPENDIX III: PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION; APPENDIX IV: A 'MINI-CORPUS' OF TEXTS; APPENDIX V: SOME ANSWERS; APPENDIX VI: INTERNET RESOURCES; APPENDIX VII: GENERAL READING; INDEX;