A Cultural History of the English Language

(Part of the The English Language Series)

by Gerry Knowles

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This book presents a new interpretation of the history of English. Access to large corpuses of English has allowed scholars to assess the minutiae of linguistic change with much greater precision than before, often pinpointing the beginnings of linguistic innovations in place and time. The author uses the findings from this research to relate major historical events to change in the language, in particular to areas of linguistic inquiry that have...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0340676809

ISBN13:9780340676806

Release Date:May 1997

Publisher:Routledge

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory English Literature History & Criticism Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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