03796nam 2200721 450 991046083990332120210511032529.00-231-54124-410.7312/lere17447(CKB)3710000000459493(EBL)2127370(SSID)ssj0001530847(PQKBManifestationID)12572656(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001530847(PQKBWorkID)11530847(PQKB)11625822(MiAaPQ)EBC2127370(DE-B1597)462958(OCoLC)979967756(DE-B1597)9780231541244(Au-PeEL)EBL2127370(CaPaEBR)ebr11086491(CaONFJC)MIL818986(OCoLC)918622789(EXLCZ)99371000000045949320150824h20152015 uy 0engurnnu---|u||utxtccrInventing English a portable history of the language /Seth Lerer ; cover design, Linda Secondari ; cover illustration, Martha LewisRevised and expanded edition.New York, [New York] :Columbia University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-17447-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --A Note on Texts and Letter Forms --Preface to the Revised Edition --INTRODUCTION: Finding English, Finding Us --1. Caedmon Learns to Sing --2. From Beowulf to Wulfstan --3. In This Year --4. From Kingdom to Realm --5. Lord of This Langage --6. I Is as Ille a Millere as Are Ye --7. The Great Vowel Shift and the Changing Character of English --8. Chancery, Caxton, and the Making of English Prose --9. I Do, I Will --10. A Universal Hubbub Wild --11. Visible Speech --12. A Harmless Drudge --13. Horrid, Hooting Stanzas --14. Antses in the Sugar --15. Hello, Dude --16. Ready for the Funk --17. Pioneers Through an Untrodden Forest --18. Listening to Private Ryan --19. He Speaks in Your Voice --20. Faith in English --Epilogue: The Talk and the Text --Appendix: English Sounds and Their Representation --Glossary --References and Further Reading --Acknowledgments --Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition --IndexSeth Lerer tells a masterful history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. Many have written about the evolution of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Lerer situates these developments within the larger history of English, America, and literature. This edition features a new chapter on the influence of biblical translation and an epilogue on the relationship of English speech to writing. A unique blend of historical and personal narrative, Inventing English is the surprising tale of a language that is as dynamic as the people to whom it belongs.English languageHistoryEnglish languageEtymologyEnglish languageOld English, ca. 450-1100English languageMiddle English, 1100-1500LinguisticsElectronic books.English languageHistory.English languageEtymology.English languageEnglish languageLinguistics.420.9Lerer Seth1955-868124Secondari LindaLewis M(Martha),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460839903321Inventing English2443070UNINA