Author: Thomas Laurence Kington OliphantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Sources of Standard English
Author: Thomas Laurence Kington OliphantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Sources of Standard English
Author: Thomas Laurence Kington OliphantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
The Sources of Standard English
Author: T. L. Kington OliphantPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368188410
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Sources of Standard English
Author: T. L. Kington OliphantPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385207452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Sources of Standard English
Author: Thomas Lawrence KingtonThe Sources of Standard English
Author: TbdPublisher:
ISBN: 9780371499481
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The Development of Standard English, 1300-1800
Author: Laura WrightPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521029698
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This volume describes the development of Standard English from Middle English onwards.
The Multilingual Origins of Standard English
Author: Laura WrightPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110687542
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Textbooks inform readers that the precursor of Standard English was supposedly an East or Central Midlands variety which became adopted in London; that monolingual fifteenth century English manuscripts fall into internally-cohesive Types; and that the fourth Type, dating after 1435 and labelled ‘Chancery Standard’, provided the mechanism by which this supposedly Midlands variety spread out from London. This set of explanations is challenged by taking a multilingual perspective, examining Anglo-Norman French, Medieval Latin and mixed-language contexts as well as monolingual English ones. By analysing local and legal documents, mercantile accounts, personal letters and journals, medical and religious prose, multiply-copied works, and the output of individual scribes, standardisation is shown to have been preceded by supralocalisation rather than imposed top-down as a single entity by governmental authority. Linguistic features examined include syntax, morphology, vocabulary, spelling, letter-graphs, abbreviations and suspensions, social context and discourse norms, pragmatics, registers, text-types, communities of practice social networks, and the multilingual backdrop, which was influenced by shifting socioeconomic trends.
The Standard of Usage in English
Author: Thomas R. LounsburyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Twentieth-Century English
Author: Christian MairPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139459627
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Standard English has evolved and developed in many ways over the past hundred years. From pronunciation to vocabulary to grammar, this concise survey clearly documents the recent history of Standard English. Drawing on large amounts of authentic corpus data, it shows how we can track ongoing changes to the language, and demonstrates each of the major developments that have taken place. As well as taking insights from a vast body of literature, Christian Mair presents the results of his own cutting-edge research, revealing some important changes which have not been previously documented. He concludes by exploring how social and cultural factors, such as the American influence on British English, have affected Standard English in recent times. Authoritative, informative and engaging, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in language change in progress, particularly those working on English, and will be welcomed by students, researchers and language teachers alike.