A companion to Baugh & Cable's History of the English language / / Thomas Cable

• Autore: Cable Thomas <1942-, >
• Pubblicazione: Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2002
• Edizione: Third edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 177
• Soggetto topico: English language - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 0. The sounds of English -- 1. English present and future -- 2. The Indo-European family of languages -- 3. Old English -- 4. Foreign influences on Old English -- 5. The Norman conquest and the subjection of English, 1066-1200 -- 6. The reestablishment of English, 1200-1500 -- 7. Middle English -- 8. The Renaissance, 1500-1650 -- 9. The appeal to authority, 1650-1800 -- 10. The nineteenth century and after -- 11. The English language in America.
• Sommario/riassunto: This comprehensive and accessible student workbook accompanies the fifth edition of Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable's History of the English Language.Each chapter in the workbook corresponds directly to a chapter in the textbook and offers exercises, review questions, extensive supplementary examples, additional explanations and a range of sample extracts taken from texts of different periods. An additional 'pre-chapter' on the sounds of English also provides phonetic information and exercises that will prove useful throughout the book.This third edition has been revised alongside the textboo
• Altri titoli varianti: Companion to Baugh and Cable's History of the English language
• Titolo autorizzato: A companion to Baugh & Cable's History of the English language
• ISBN: 1-134-42535-X; 0-415-29894-6; 0-203-99518-X; 1-134-42536-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790641703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II