The English language : a linguistic history /

"The English Language: A Linguistic History surveys the development of the English language from its Indo-European past to the present day. It covers the entire history of the English language beginning with its prehistoric origins in Proto-Indo-European and includes thorough coverage of its fo...

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Հիմնական հեղինակ: Brinton, Laurel J.
Այլ հեղինակներ: Arnovick, Leslie K., 1957-
Ձևաչափ: Գիրք
Լեզու:English
Հրապարակվել է: Don Mills, Ontario : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Հրատարակություն:Third edition.
Խորագրեր:
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Բովանդակություն:
  • Studying the history of English
  • Sounds and sound change in English
  • Causes and mechanism of language change
  • The Indo-European language family and proto-Indo-European
  • Germanic and the development of old English
  • The words and sounds of old English
  • The grammar of old English
  • The rise of middle English: words and sounds
  • The grammar of middle English and the rise of a written standard
  • The words, sounds, and inflections of early modern English
  • Early modern English verbal constructions and Eighteen-century prescriptivism
  • Modern English
  • Varieties of English.