Author: Gjertrud Flermoen Stenbrenden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110705575X
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 361
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This thorough analysis of documented Middle English spelling establishes when and where long-vowel change took place.
Author: Gjertrud Flermoen Stenbrenden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316495337
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 361
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The English language has undergone many sound changes in its long history. Some of these changes had a profound effect on the pronunciation of the language. A number of these significant instances of language evolution are generally grouped together and termed the 'Great Vowel Shift'. These changes are generally considered to be unrelated to other, similar long-vowel changes taking place a little earlier. This book assesses an extensive range of irregular Middle English spellings for all these changes, with a view to identifying the real course of events: the dates, the chronology, and the dialects that stand out as being innovative. Using empirical evidence to offer a fresh perspective and drawing new, convincing conclusions, Stenbrenden offers an interpretation of the history of the English language which may change our view of sound change completely.
Author: Rhona Alcorn
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474430554
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Examines how pre-modernist conceptions and social organizations of pleasure have impacted post-WWII film.
Author: Alexander Bergs
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110525062
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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This volume provides a comprehensive account of Early Modern English, organized by linguistic level. The volume not only presents detailed outlines of the traditional language levels, it also explores key questions and debates, such as do-periphrasis, the Great Vowel Shift, pronouns and relativization, literary language (including the language of Shakespeare), and sociolinguistics, including contact and standardization.
Author: Míša Hejná
Publisher: Language Science Press
ISBN: 3961103461
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 461
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Where does today’s English language come from? This book takes its readers on a journey back in time, from present-day varieties to the Old English of Beowulf and beyond. Written for students with little or no background in linguistics, and reflecting the latest scholarship, it showcases the variation and change present throughout the history of English, and includes numerous exercises and sample texts for every period. The reverse-chronological approach taken by this book sets it apart from all existing textbooks of the last fifty years. Innovative features also include its focus on variation, multilingualism and language contact, its use of texts from outside the literary canon, and its inclusion of case studies from syntax, sociophonetics and historical pragmatics.
Author: Mark Faulkner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009033093
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 315
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A New Literary History of the Long Twelfth Century offers a new narrative of what happened to English language writing in the long twelfth century, the period that saw the end of the Old English tradition and the beginning of Middle English writing. It discusses numerous neglected or unknown texts, focusing particularly on documents, chronicles and sermons. To tell the story of this pivotal period, it adopts approaches from both literary criticism and historical linguistics, finding a synthesis for them in a twenty-first century philology. It develops new methodologies for addressing major questions about twelfth-century texts, including when they were written, how they were read and their relationship to earlier works. Essential reading for anyone interested in what happened to English after the Norman Conquest, this study lays the groundwork for the coming decade's work on transitional English.
Author: Marco Condorelli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009098144
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 277
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With a particular focus on the Early Modern English period, this book explores the standardisation of English spelling.
Author: Jeremy J. Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108420389
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 313
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Considers how medieval English and Scots texts were re-worked in later centuries, and the implications for philological theory and practice.
Author: Lorena Pérez-Hernández
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108476325
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 267
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This book merges theory and practical activities to show how research on speech acts can be implemented in EFL teaching.
Author: Małgorzata Kowalczyk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009346873
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 347
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Based on a rich range of sources, this pioneering book provides a comprehensive description of informal borrowings in American English.
