UID:
almafu_9959228003102883
Format:
1 online resource (336 pages) :
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illustrations, tables.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
3-11-052291-8
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3-11-052506-2
Series Statement:
The History of English ; Volume 4
Content:
This volume provides a comprehensive account of Early Modern English, organized by linguistic level. In seventeen individual chapters, written by recognized experts in the field, this volume not only presents detailed outlines of the traditional language levels, such as phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. 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.
Content:
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.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Table of Contents --
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Abbreviations --
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Chapter 1: Introduction --
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Chapter 2: Early Modern English: Overview --
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Chapter 3: Phonology --
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Chapter 4: Morphology --
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Chapter 5: Syntax --
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Chapter 6: Lexicon and semantics --
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Chapter 7: Pragmatics and discourse --
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Chapter 8: Dialects --
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Chapter 9: Language contact --
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Chapter 10: Standardization --
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Chapter 11: Sociolinguistics --
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Chapter 12: Pronouns --
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Chapter 13: Periphrastic DO --
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Chapter 14: The Great Vowel Shift --
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Chapter 15: Relativization --
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Chapter 16: Literary language --
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Chapter 17: The language of Shakespeare --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-052277-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9783110525069
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