English historical linguistics : an international handbook . Volume 1 / / Alexander Bergs, Laurel J. Brinton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910817503503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©2012
• ISBN: 3-11-025159-0; 3-11-214669-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1196 pages)
• Collana: Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science (HSK) ; ; 34/1
• Classificazione: HE 130
• Disciplina: 420
• Soggetti: English language - History; Historical linguistics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Preface to Historical Linguistics of English -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- In memoriam -- General abbreviations -- I Periods -- 1 Periods: Pre-Old English -- 2 Periods: Old English -- 3 Periods: Middle English -- 4 Periods: Early Modern English -- 5 Periods: Late Modern English -- 6 Periods: Contemporary English -- II Linguistic Levels -- 7 Linguistic Levels: Phonology -- 8 Linguistic Levels: Prosody -- 9 Linguistic Levels: Morphology -- 10 Linguistic Levels: Syntax -- 11 Linguistic Levels: Semantics and lexicon -- 12 Linguistic Levels: Idioms and fixed expressions -- 13 Linguistic Levels: Pragmatics and discourse -- 14 Linguistic Levels: Onomastics -- 15 Linguistic Levels: Orthography -- 16 Linguistic Levels: Styles, registers, genres, text types -- III Old English -- 17 Old English: Phonology -- 18 Old English: Morphology -- 19 Old English: Syntax -- 20 Old English: Semantics and lexicon -- 21 Old English: Pragmatics and discourse -- 22 Old English: Dialects -- 23 Old English: Language contact -- 24 Old English: Standardization -- 25 Old English: Literary language -- IV Middle English -- 26 Middle English: Phonology -- 27 Middle English: Morphology -- 28 Middle English: Syntax -- 29 Middle English: Semantics and lexicon -- 30 Middle English: Pragmatics and discourse -- 31 Middle English: Dialects -- 32 Middle English: Language contact ; -- 33 Middle English: Standardization -- 34 Middle English: Sociolinguistics -- 35 Middle English: Literary language -- 36 Middle English: The language of Chaucer -- V Early Modern English -- 37 Early Modern English: Phonology -- 38 Early Modern English: Morphology -- 39 Early Modern English: Syntax -- 40 Early Modern English: Lexicon and semantics -- 41 Early Modern English: Pragmatics and discourse -- 42 Early Modern English: Dialects -- 43 Early Modern English: Language contact -- 44 Early Modern English: Standardization -- 45 Early Modern English: Sociolinguistics -- 46 Early Modern English: Pronouns -- 47 Early Modern English: Periphrastic DO -- 48 Early Modern English: The Great Vowel Shift -- 49 Early Modern English: Relativization -- 50 Early Modern English: Literary language -- 51 Early Modern English: The language of Shakespeare -- VI Late Modern English -- 52 Late Modern English: Phonology -- 53 Late Modern English: Morphology -- 54 Late Modern English: Syntax -- 55 Late Modern English: Semantics and lexicon -- 56 Late Modern English: Pragmatics and discourse -- 57 Late Modern English: Dialects -- 58 Late Modern English: Standardization -- 59 Late Modern English: Sociolinguistics -- VII Standardization -- 60 Standardization: Prescriptive tradition -- 61 Standardization: The complaint tradition -- 62 Standardization: Standards in the history of English -- 63 Standardization: Codifiers -- 64 Standardization: English language regard: attitudes, beliefs, and ideologies -- 65 Standardization: Bible translations -- 66 Standardization: Dictionaries and the standardization of English -- VIII English and the media -- 67 English and the media: Newspapers -- 68 English and the media: Television -- 69 English and the media: Radio -- 70 English and the media: Internet -- Index
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