03895nam 22007212 450 991077811390332120151005020623.01-107-16074-X1-281-04028-297866110402841-139-13062-50-511-33463-X0-511-33397-80-511-33329-30-511-48695-20-511-33521-0(CKB)1000000000478679(EBL)307398(OCoLC)181086400(SSID)ssj0000263097(PQKBManifestationID)11207793(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263097(PQKBWorkID)10272456(PQKB)11113254(UkCbUP)CR9780511486951(MiAaPQ)EBC307398(Au-PeEL)EBL307398(CaPaEBR)ebr10193785(CaONFJC)MIL104028(EXLCZ)99100000000047867920090226d2006|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTwentieth-century English history, variation, and standardization /Christian Mair[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2006.1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Studies in English languageTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-11583-3 0-521-83219-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-241) and index.1.Setting the scene --2.Ongoing language change : problems of detection and verification --3.Lexical change in twentieth-century English --4.Grammatical changes in twentieth-century English --5.Pronunciation --6.Language change in context : changing communicative and discourse norms in twentieth-century English --App. 1.Brief survey of the corpora used for the present study --App. 2.OED baseline corpora --App. 3.Estimating text size in the newspaper archives and the World Wide Web --App. 4.quarterly update of the OED online (new edition) -- 13 March 2003 : Motswana to mussy.Standard English has evolved and developed in many ways over the past hundred years. From pronunciation to vocabulary to grammar, this concise survey clearly documents the recent history of Standard English. Drawing on large amounts of authentic corpus data, it shows how we can track ongoing changes to the language, and demonstrates each of the major developments that have taken place. As well as taking insights from a vast body of literature, Christian Mair presents the results of his own cutting-edge research, revealing some important changes which have not been previously documented. He concludes by exploring how social and cultural factors, such as the American influence on British English, have affected Standard English in recent times. Authoritative, informative and engaging, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in language change in progress, particularly those working on English, and will be welcomed by students, researchers and language teachers alike.Studies in English language.English language20th centuryEnglish languageStandardizationEnglish languageVariationLinguistic changeHistory20th centuryEnglish languageEnglish languageStandardization.English languageVariation.Linguistic changeHistory420.904Mair Christian550267UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910778113903321Twentieth-Century English1216948UNINA01196nam0-2200325 --450 991072450070332120240123115837.0978352535870920230608d2006----kmuy0itay5050 bagerfreengDE 001yy<<Die >>Deutung der mittelalterlichen Gesellschaft in der Modernehrsg. von Natalie Fryde, Pierre Monnet, Otto Gerhard Oexle und Leszek ZygnerGöttingenVandenhoeck & Ruprechtc2006315 p.ill.24 cm.Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für Geschichte217Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte<<L'>>imaginaire et les conceptions modernes de la société médiévalemodern conceptions of medieval societyFryde,NatalieOexle,Otto GerhardZygner,LeszekMonnet,Pierre<1963- >ITUNINAREICATUNIMARCBK9910724500703321DFT A89.2 FRYN 012023/1946FLFBCFLFBCDeutung der mittelalterlichen Gesellschaft in der Moderne3366403UNINA04177nam 2200673Ia 450 991081059040332120240418004529.01-283-30922-X97866133092280-300-17837-910.12987/9780300178371(CKB)2550000000057657(StDuBDS)AH24485843(SSID)ssj0000538688(PQKBManifestationID)11327078(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538688(PQKBWorkID)10559955(PQKB)10137616(MiAaPQ)EBC3420748(DE-B1597)485758(OCoLC)759398132(DE-B1597)9780300178371(Au-PeEL)EBL3420748(CaPaEBR)ebr10506566(CaONFJC)MIL330922(OCoLC)923596816(EXLCZ)99255000000005765720110404d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrLosing it in which an aging professor laments his shrinking brain, ... /William Ian Miller1st ed.New Haven Yale University Pressc20111 online resource (352 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-17101-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Striking Out -- CHAPTER 1. The You behind Your Eyes Is Out of Date -- CHAPTER 2. Can You Recall What You Had for Dinner, Cronus? -- CHAPTER 3. Shrink Wrap -- CHAPTER 4. Old Views of Old Age -- CHAPTER 5. Older, Yes, but Wiser? -- CHAPTER 6. The Dark Side of Wisdom -- CHAPTER 7. Homo Querelus (Man the Complainer) -- CHAPTER 8. Old Saints, Old Killers, and More Complaints -- CHAPTER 9. Complaining against the Most High -- CHAPTER 10. Giving Up Smoting for Good -- CHAPTER 11. Paralysis of the Spirit -- CHAPTER 12. Yes, You Can Take It with You -- CHAPTER 13. Owing the Dead -- CHAPTER 14. Going Soft -- CHAPTER 15. Little Things; or, What If? -- CHAPTER 16. Defying Augury -- CHAPTER 17. Frankly, I Do Give a Damn -- CHAPTER 18. Going through All These Things Twice -- CHAPTER 19. Do Not Go Gentle: A Valediction -- Addendum -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn Losing It, William Ian Miller brings his inimitable wit and learning to the subject of growing old: too old to matter, of either rightly losing your confidence or wrongly maintaining it, culpably refusing to face the fact that you are losing it. The "it" in Miller's "losing it" refers mainly to mental faculties-memory, processing speed, sensory acuity, the capacity to focus. But it includes other evidence as well-sags and flaccidities, aches and pains, failing joints and organs. What are we to make of these tell-tale signs? Does growing old gracefully mean more than simply refusing unseemly cosmetic surgeries? How do we face decline and the final drawing of the blinds? Will we know if and when we have lingered too long?Drawing on a lifetime of deep study and anxious observation, Miller enlists the wisdom of the ancients to confront these vexed questions head on. Debunking the glossy new image of old age that has accompanied the graying of the Baby Boomers, he conjures a lost world of aging rituals-complaints, taking to bed, resentments of one's heirs, schemes for taking it with you or settling up accounts and scores-to remind us of the ongoing dilemmas of old age. Darkly intelligent and sublimely written, this exhilarating and eccentric book will raise the spirits of readers, young and old.Old ageAgingOld age in literatureAging in literatureOld age.Aging.Old age in literature.Aging in literature.305.26092Miller William Ian1946-222661MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810590403321Losing it3980360UNINA