The History of English . Volume 1 : Historical Outlines from Sound to Text / / edited by Laurel J. Brinton and Alexander Bergs
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The History of English . Volume 1 : Historical Outlines from Sound to Text / / edited by Laurel J. Brinton and Alexander Bergs
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| Pubblicazione: | Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2017 |
| ©2017 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 420.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | English language - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | BrintonLaurel J. |
| BergsAlexander | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Periodization in the History of the English Language -- Chapter 3: Phonology -- Chapter 4: Prosody -- Chapter 5: Morphology -- Chapter 6: Syntax -- Chapter 7: Semantics and Lexicon -- Chapter 8: Idioms and Fixed Expressions -- Chapter 9: Pragmatics and Discourse -- Chapter 10: Onomastics -- Chapter 11: Orthography -- Chapter 12: Styles, Registers, Genres, Text Types -- Chapter 13: Standards in the History of English -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English and explores key questions and debates. A re-evaluation of the concept of periodization is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional linguistic areas – phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics – and chapters on prosody, idioms, fixed expressions, onomastics, orthography, register, and standardization, among others. |
| This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English, organized by linguistic level, and it explores key questions and debates. Individual chapters are written by recognized experts in the field. The volume begins with a re-evaluation of the concept of periodization in the history of English. This is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional areas of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics as well as chapters covering areas less often treated in histories of English, including prosody, idioms and fixed expressions, pragmatics and discourse, onomastics, orthography, style/register/text types, and standardization. | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The history of English |
| ISBN: | 3-11-052303-5 |
| 3-11-052528-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910467350303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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