02713nam 2200601Ia 450 991045553880332120200520144314.01-282-13645-397866121364500-7486-3130-5(CKB)1000000000765672(EBL)448752(OCoLC)432996309(SSID)ssj0000182674(PQKBManifestationID)11156518(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000182674(PQKBWorkID)10173041(PQKB)11640191(MiAaPQ)EBC448752(Au-PeEL)EBL448752(CaPaEBR)ebr10309057(CaONFJC)MIL213645(EXLCZ)99100000000076567220081211d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIntroduction to late modern English[electronic resource] /Ingrid Tieken-Boon van OstadeEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20091 online resource (177 p.)Edinburgh textbooks on the English languageDescription based upon print version of record.0-7486-2597-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-159) and index.Cover; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; To readers; 1 English in the Late Modern period; 2 Evidence of pronunciation; 3 Spelling systems; 4 Writers and the lexicon; 5 Grammar and grammars; 6 Language and social networks; 7 The language of letters and other text types; References; IndexSome twenty years ago it was widely believed that nothing much happened to the English language since the beginning of the eighteenth century. Recent research has shown that this is far from true, and this book offers an introduction to a period that forms the tail end of the standardisation process (codification and prescription), during which important social changes such as the Industrial Revolution are reflected in the language. Late Modern English is currently receiving a lot of scholarly attention, mainly as a result of new developments in sociohistorical linguistics and corpus linguistiEdinburgh textbooks on the English language.English language18th centuryEnglish language19th centuryElectronic books.English languageEnglish language427Tieken-Boon van Ostade Ingrid170876MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455538803321Introduction to late modern English2199960UNINA