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Autore: | Horobin Simon |
Titolo: | How English became English : a short history of a global language / / Simon Horobin |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
©2016 | |
Edizione: | First edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
Disciplina: | 420.9 |
Soggetto topico: | English language - Grammar, Historical |
English language - History | |
Historical linguistics | |
Classificazione: | 427 HOR |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 Proper |
Good 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; INDEX | |
Titolo autorizzato: | How English became English |
ISBN: | 0-19-106921-3 |
0-19-106920-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910820066003321 |
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