02832nam 2200553 450 991046053670332120200520144314.00-19-106920-5(CKB)3710000000530049(EBL)4310774(MiAaPQ)EBC4310774(Au-PeEL)EBL4310774(CaPaEBR)ebr11138616(CaONFJC)MIL879667(OCoLC)935258941(EXLCZ)99371000000053004920160119h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHow English became English a short history of a global language /Simon HorobinFirst edition.Oxford, England ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (188 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-875427-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; How English Became English: A Short History of a Global Language; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; 1: What is English?; Old English; Early Modern English; Scots; Tok Pisin; Modern English; 2: Origins; Beginnings; Old English (AD 650-1100); Middle English (1100-1500); Early Modern English (1500-1750); Late Modern English (1750-1900); 3: Authorities; Dictionaries; Academies; Usage Guides; Sources; Logic; Etymology; Descriptive or Prescriptive?; 4: Standards; Standard English: What It Is and What It Isn't; Right Writing; Talking ProperGood Grammar5: Varieties; Dialects; Scots; Attitudes; Accents; Dialect Grammars; Dialect Vocabulary; The Future; Registers; Electronic Discourse; Neologisms; Punctuation; 6: Global Englishes; English in America; English in Canada; English in Australia and New Zealand; Models; English in South Asia; Mixed Varieties: Singlish; Pidgins and Creoles; The Future; 7: Why Do We Care?; Rights and Wrongs; Good Grammar in the Marketplace; Good Grammar in the Classroom; Good Grammar and Latin Grammar; The Marketability of Good Grammar; English and Nationalism; FURTHER READING; ELECTRONIC RESOURCES; INDEXEnglish languageGrammar, HistoricalEnglish languageHistoryHistorical linguisticsElectronic books.English languageGrammar, Historical.English languageHistory.Historical linguistics.420.9427 HORHorobin Simon629105MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460536703321How English became English1919512UNINA00937nam a22002531i 450099100353897970753620030902152651.0031111s1971 it |||||||||||||||||eng b12440413-39ule_instARCHE-047370ExLDip.to LingueitaA.t.i. Arché s.c.r.l. Pandora Sicilia s.r.l.821.5Alexander Pope :Selected poems /scelta, introduzione e note a cura di Paola Colaiacomo ContiBari :Adriatica,1971307 p. ;22 cmBiblioteca italiana di testi inglesiPope, AlexanderColaiacomo, Paola.b1244041302-04-1413-11-03991003538979707536LE012 POP 1012012000235946le012-E0.00-l- 00000.i1286653213-11-03Alexander Pope99735UNISALENTOle01213-11-03ma -engit 0102574nam 2200565 450 991078979920332120230828221422.01-84725-176-51-283-20163-197866132016380-8264-2597-6(CKB)2670000000106824(EBL)742833(OCoLC)745866158(SSID)ssj0000526580(PQKBManifestationID)12183614(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526580(PQKBWorkID)10520436(PQKB)11027967(MiAaPQ)EBC5309549(MiAaPQ)EBC742833(Au-PeEL)EBL742833(CaONFJC)MIL320163(EXLCZ)99267000000010682420180315h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhy was Charles I executed? /Clive HolmesLondon, [England] ;New York, New York :Continuum,2006.©20061 online resource (261 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84725-024-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Why Did Charles I Call the Long Parliament?; 2 How Did the King Gain Support in Parliament?; 3 How Did the King Get an Army?; 4 Why Did Parliament Win the Civil War?; 5 Why Was the King Executed?; 6 Why Was the Rump Parliament Dissolved?; 7 Why Was Cromwell Offered the Crown?; 8 Was There an English Revolution?; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; IndexThe execution of Charles I in 1649, followed by the proclamation of a Commonwealth, was an extraordinary political event. It followed a bitter Civil War between parliament and the king, and their abject failure to negotiate a peace settlement. Why the king was defeated and executed has long been a central question in English history. The old answers, whether those of the historian S R Gardiner or of Lawrence Stone, no longer satisfy. Clive Holmes supplies clear answers to eight key questions about the period, ranging from why the king had to summon the Long Parliament to whether there was in fRegicideGreat BritainRegicide941.062092Holmes Clive1943-1477231MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789799203321Why was Charles I executed3692327UNINA