Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2008 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9781139053655
Inhalt:
This volume deals with the history of the English language from 1776 to 1997. An extensive introduction details the changing socio-historical setting in which English has developed in response to a continuing background of diversity as it was transplanted to North America and beyond. Separate chapters on phonology, syntax, and vocabulary chronicle the linguistic features of the language during this period, taking as the basis for discussion the common core inherited from the sixteenth century and shared by what are now the two principal varieties, American and British English. In addition, there are chapters on English as a literary language, English grammar and usage, and onomastics. A separate volume on North American English is in preparation
In:
4
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0521264774
Weitere Ausg.:
Druckausg. The Cambridge History of the English Language ; 4: 1776 - 1997 Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Pr., 1998 ISBN 0521264774
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version ISBN 9780521264778
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1017/CHOL9780521264778
