02290nam a2200313 i 4500991001576249707536060407s1992 nyu b 001 0 eng d0195064992 (alk. paper)019506500X (alk. paper)b13393844-39ule_instDip.to LingueitaEnglish in its social contexts :essays in historical sociolinguistics /edited by Tim William Machan and Charles T. ScottNew York :Oxford University Press,1992268 p. ;25 cmOxford studies in sociolinguisticsContiene riferimenti bibliografici ed indiceSociolinguistics, language change, and the history of English / Charles T. Scott and Tim William Machan -- The social and political contexts of language change in Anglo-Saxon England / Thomas E. Toon -- The use of English: language contact, dialect variation, and written standardisation during the Middle English period / Jeremy J. Smith -- "O! When degree is shak'd": sixteenth-century anticipations of some modern attitudes toward usage / Joseph M. Williams -- Style and standardization in England: 1700-1900 / Edward Finegan -- The Mayflower to the Model-T: the development of American English / Craig M. Carver -- Sociolinguistic attitudes and issues in contemporary Britain / John Algeo -- A polyphony of voices: the dialectics of linguistic diversity and unity in the twentieth-century United States / Judith Rodby -- Social contexts in the history of Australian English / John Gunn -- The second diaspora of English / Braj B. Kachru -- English: from village to global village / Suzanne RomaineLingua ingleseGrammatica storicaSociolinguisticaLingua ingleseAspetti socialiMachan, Tim WilliamScott, Charles T..b1339384402-09-0907-04-06991001576249707536LE012 306.44 MAC12012000106628le012pE0.00-l- 03030.i1421960807-04-06LE021 FH10G5712021000102905le021-E22.33-no 00000.i1476100222-05-08English in its social contexts1090889UNISALENTOle012(2)le02107-04-06ma -engnyu00