Author: Derek Britton
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027236399
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This volume offers a selection of 19 papers from those read at the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics in Edinburgh. Many of the writers are established authorities in the field, but there are also significant contributions from a younger generation of scholars. The topics discussed span the whole history of English from the Common Germanic period to the present century and the book also includes, as appropriate to the Conference venue, a number of papers on aspects of the historical development of Scots and Scottish English.
English Historical Linguistics 1994
Author: Derek Britton
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027236399
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This volume offers a selection of 19 papers from those read at the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics in Edinburgh. Many of the writers are established authorities in the field, but there are also significant contributions from a younger generation of scholars. The topics discussed span the whole history of English from the Common Germanic period to the present century and the book also includes, as appropriate to the Conference venue, a number of papers on aspects of the historical development of Scots and Scottish English.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027236399
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This volume offers a selection of 19 papers from those read at the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics in Edinburgh. Many of the writers are established authorities in the field, but there are also significant contributions from a younger generation of scholars. The topics discussed span the whole history of English from the Common Germanic period to the present century and the book also includes, as appropriate to the Conference venue, a number of papers on aspects of the historical development of Scots and Scottish English.
Old English
Author: Roger Lass
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521458481
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Old English is a companion to Old English studies and to historical studies of early English in general. It is also an introduction to Indo-European studies in the particular sense in which they underpin the history of English. Professor Roger Lass makes accessible in a linguistically up-to-date and readable form the Indo-European and Germanic background to Old English, as well as what can be reconstructed about the resulting state of Old English itself. His book is a bridge between the more elementary Old English grammars and the major philological grammars and recent interpretations of the Old English data.Old English assumes a basic knowledge of phonetics and phonology, the elements of syntactic and morphological theory, and an introduction to historical linguistics. An extensive glossary gives definitions of the major technical terms used.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521458481
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Old English is a companion to Old English studies and to historical studies of early English in general. It is also an introduction to Indo-European studies in the particular sense in which they underpin the history of English. Professor Roger Lass makes accessible in a linguistically up-to-date and readable form the Indo-European and Germanic background to Old English, as well as what can be reconstructed about the resulting state of Old English itself. His book is a bridge between the more elementary Old English grammars and the major philological grammars and recent interpretations of the Old English data.Old English assumes a basic knowledge of phonetics and phonology, the elements of syntactic and morphological theory, and an introduction to historical linguistics. An extensive glossary gives definitions of the major technical terms used.
Understanding Language Change
Author: April M. S. McMahon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521446655
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This textbook analyses changes from every area of grammar and addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521446655
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This textbook analyses changes from every area of grammar and addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics.
The Cambridge History of the English Language
Author: Norman Francis Blake
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780511468469
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Volume two of this set covers the Middle English Period, approximately 1066-1476, and describes and analyses developments in the language from the Norman Conquest to the introduction of printing.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780511468469
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Volume two of this set covers the Middle English Period, approximately 1066-1476, and describes and analyses developments in the language from the Norman Conquest to the introduction of printing.
English Historical Linguistics 2010
Author: Irén Heged?s
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027248435
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
The use of linguistic forms derived from the lexicon denoting sacred entities is often subject to tabooing behaviour. In the 15th and 16th century phrases like by gogges swete body or by cockes bones allowed speakers to address God without really saying the name; cf. Hock (1991: 295). The religious interjections based on the phonetically corrupt gog and cock are evidenced to have gained currency in the 16th century. In the 17th century all interjections based on religious appellations ceased to appear on stage in accordance with the regulations of the Act to Rest.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027248435
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
The use of linguistic forms derived from the lexicon denoting sacred entities is often subject to tabooing behaviour. In the 15th and 16th century phrases like by gogges swete body or by cockes bones allowed speakers to address God without really saying the name; cf. Hock (1991: 295). The religious interjections based on the phonetically corrupt gog and cock are evidenced to have gained currency in the 16th century. In the 17th century all interjections based on religious appellations ceased to appear on stage in accordance with the regulations of the Act to Rest.
English Historical Linguistics 2006
Author: Maurizio Gotti
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027248125
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The papers collected in this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). Alongside studies of syntax, morphology, lexis and semantics, published in two sister volumes, many innovative contributions focused on geo-historical variation in English. A carefully peer-reviewed selection, including two plenary lectures, appears here in print for the first time, bearing witness to the increasing scholarly interest in varieties of English other than so-called 'standard' English. In all the contributions, well-established methods of historical dialectology combine with new theoretical approaches, in an attempt to shed more light on phenomena that have hitherto remained unexplored, or have only just begun to be investigated. Perceptual dialectology is also taken into consideration, and state-of-the-art tools, such as electronic corpora and atlases, are employed consistently, ensuring the methodological homogeneity of the contributions.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027248125
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The papers collected in this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). Alongside studies of syntax, morphology, lexis and semantics, published in two sister volumes, many innovative contributions focused on geo-historical variation in English. A carefully peer-reviewed selection, including two plenary lectures, appears here in print for the first time, bearing witness to the increasing scholarly interest in varieties of English other than so-called 'standard' English. In all the contributions, well-established methods of historical dialectology combine with new theoretical approaches, in an attempt to shed more light on phenomena that have hitherto remained unexplored, or have only just begun to be investigated. Perceptual dialectology is also taken into consideration, and state-of-the-art tools, such as electronic corpora and atlases, are employed consistently, ensuring the methodological homogeneity of the contributions.
The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics
Author: Merja Kytö
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316472914
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
English historical linguistics is a subfield of linguistics which has developed theories and methods for exploring the history of the English language. This Handbook provides an account of state-of-the-art research on this history. It offers an in-depth survey of materials, methods, and language-theoretical models used to study the long diachrony of English. The frameworks covered include corpus linguistics, historical sociolinguistics, historical pragmatics and manuscript studies, among others. The chapters, by leading experts, examine the interplay of language theory and empirical data throughout, critically assessing the work in the field. Of particular importance are the diverse data sources which have become increasingly available in electronic form, allowing the discipline to develop in new directions. The Handbook offers access to the rich and many-faceted spectrum of work in English historical linguistics, past and present, and will be useful for researchers and students interested in hands-on research on the history of English.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316472914
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
English historical linguistics is a subfield of linguistics which has developed theories and methods for exploring the history of the English language. This Handbook provides an account of state-of-the-art research on this history. It offers an in-depth survey of materials, methods, and language-theoretical models used to study the long diachrony of English. The frameworks covered include corpus linguistics, historical sociolinguistics, historical pragmatics and manuscript studies, among others. The chapters, by leading experts, examine the interplay of language theory and empirical data throughout, critically assessing the work in the field. Of particular importance are the diverse data sources which have become increasingly available in electronic form, allowing the discipline to develop in new directions. The Handbook offers access to the rich and many-faceted spectrum of work in English historical linguistics, past and present, and will be useful for researchers and students interested in hands-on research on the history of English.
Historical Linguistics and Language Change
Author: Roger Lass
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521459242
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Roger Lass offers a critical survey of the foundations of the art of historical linguistics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521459242
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Roger Lass offers a critical survey of the foundations of the art of historical linguistics.
Watching English Change
Author: Laurie Bauer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317894057
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Examines the ways language has changed in the twentieth century. It concentrates on standard English and takes a historical rather than sociolinguistic view of the changes which have occurred.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317894057
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Examines the ways language has changed in the twentieth century. It concentrates on standard English and takes a historical rather than sociolinguistic view of the changes which have occurred.
The English Language
Author: Charles Barber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107693934
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107693934
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day.