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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785067103321

Autore

Beal Joan C.

Titolo

English in modern times, 1700-1945 / / Joan C. Beal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-134-66409-5

0-203-78445-6

1-282-66705-X

9786612667053

1-4441-1913-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

420/.9

Soggetti

English language - History

English language - Grammar, Historical

English language - Standardization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2004 by Hodder Arnold.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Modern English and modern times -- The vocabulary of later modern English -- Recording and regulating the lexicon : dictionaries from Dr. Johnson to the Oxford English dictionary -- Syntactic change in later modern English -- Grammars and grammarians -- Phonological change in later modern English -- Defining the standard of pronunciation : pronouncing dictionaries and the rise of RP -- Beyond standard English : varieties of English in the later modern period.

Sommario/riassunto

English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course of this later modern English period that the characteristics of 'modern' English evolved.