Inventing English : a portable history of the language / / Seth Lerer ; cover design, Linda Secondari ; cover illustration, Martha Lewis |
Autore | Lerer Seth <1955-> |
Edizione | [Revised and expanded edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 420.9 |
Soggetto topico |
English language - History
English language - Etymology English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 Linguistics |
ISBN | 0-231-51076-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: finding English, finding us -- Caedmon learns to sing : Old English and the origins of poetry -- From Beowulf to Wulfstan : the language of Old English literature -- In this year : the politics of language and the end of Old English -- From kingdom to realm : middle English in a French world -- Lord of this langage : Chaucer's English -- I is an Ille a millere as are ye : Middle English dialects -- The great vowel shift and the changing character of English -- Chancery, Caxton, and the making of English prose -- I do, I will : Shakespeare's English -- A universal hubbub wild : new words and worlds in early modern English -- Visible speech : the Orthoepists and the origins of standard English -- A harmless drudge : Samuel Johnson and the making of the dictionary -- Horrid, hooting stanzas : Lexicography and literature in American English -- Antses in the sugar : dialect and regionalism in American English -- Hello, dude : Mark Twain and the making of the American idiom -- Ready for the funk : African American English and its impact -- Pioneers through an untrodden forest : the Oxford English dictionary and its readers -- Listening to Private Ryan : war and language -- He speaks in your voice : everybody's English. |
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Inventing English [[electronic resource] ] : a portable history of the language / / Seth Lerer |
Autore | Lerer Seth <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 420.9 |
Soggetto topico |
English language - History
English language - Etymology English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 Linguistics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-231-51076-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: finding English, finding us -- Caedmon learns to sing : Old English and the origins of poetry -- From Beowulf to Wulfstan : the language of Old English literature -- In this year : the politics of language and the end of Old English -- From kingdom to realm : middle English in a French world -- Lord of this langage : Chaucer's English -- I is an Ille a millere as are ye : Middle English dialects -- The great vowel shift and the changing character of English -- Chancery, Caxton, and the making of English prose -- I do, I will : Shakespeare's English -- A universal hubbub wild : new words and worlds in early modern English -- Visible speech : the Orthoepists and the origins of standard English -- A harmless drudge : Samuel Johnson and the making of the dictionary -- Horrid, hooting stanzas : Lexicography and literature in American English -- Antses in the sugar : dialect and regionalism in American English -- Hello, dude : Mark Twain and the making of the American idiom -- Ready for the funk : African American English and its impact -- Pioneers through an untrodden forest : the Oxford English dictionary and its readers -- Listening to Private Ryan : war and language -- He speaks in your voice : everybody's English. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451928703321 |
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Language history and linguistic modelling : a festschrift for Jacek Fisiak on his 60th birthday / edited by Raymond Hickey and Stanisław Puppel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; New YorkMouton de Gruyter, 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 2 v. (xxxviii, 2121 p.) : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Disciplina | 417/.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Fisiak, Jacek
Hickey, Raymond, 1954- Puppel, Stanisław |
Collana | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 101 |
Soggetto topico |
Linguistica storica
Historical linguistics English language - History Linguistics Linguistic models |
ISBN | 3110145049 (set : acid-free paper) |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | vol. 1. Language history.-- vol. 2. Linguistic modelling. |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001065809707536 |
Berlin ; New YorkMouton de Gruyter, 1997 | ||
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Lexical phonology and the history of English / / April McMahon [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | McMahon April M. S. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 309 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 421/.5 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Phonology, Historical
English language - History Lexical phonology |
ISBN |
1-107-11252-4
0-511-01002-8 1-280-41687-4 0-511-17237-0 0-511-15091-1 0-511-48643-X 0-511-31039-0 0-511-05305-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. The role of history -- 2. Constraining the model: current controversies in Lexical Phonology -- 3. Applying the constraints: the Modern English Vowel Shift Rule -- 4. Synchrony, diachrony and Lexical Phonology: the Scottish Vowel Length Rule -- 5. Dialect differentiation in Lexical Phonology: the unwelcome effects of underspecification -- 6. English /r. |
Altri titoli varianti | Lexical Phonology & the History of English |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455642703321 |
McMahon April M. S.
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Lexical phonology and the history of English / / April McMahon [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | McMahon April M. S. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 309 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 421/.5 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Phonology, Historical
English language - History Lexical phonology |
ISBN |
1-107-11252-4
0-511-01002-8 1-280-41687-4 0-511-17237-0 0-511-15091-1 0-511-48643-X 0-511-31039-0 0-511-05305-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. The role of history -- 2. Constraining the model: current controversies in Lexical Phonology -- 3. Applying the constraints: the Modern English Vowel Shift Rule -- 4. Synchrony, diachrony and Lexical Phonology: the Scottish Vowel Length Rule -- 5. Dialect differentiation in Lexical Phonology: the unwelcome effects of underspecification -- 6. English /r. |
Altri titoli varianti | Lexical Phonology & the History of English |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780247003321 |
McMahon April M. S.
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 | ||
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Lexical phonology and the history of English / / April McMahon [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | McMahon April M. S. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 309 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 421/.5 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Phonology, Historical
English language - History Lexical phonology |
ISBN |
1-107-11252-4
0-511-01002-8 1-280-41687-4 0-511-17237-0 0-511-15091-1 0-511-48643-X 0-511-31039-0 0-511-05305-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. The role of history -- 2. Constraining the model: current controversies in Lexical Phonology -- 3. Applying the constraints: the Modern English Vowel Shift Rule -- 4. Synchrony, diachrony and Lexical Phonology: the Scottish Vowel Length Rule -- 5. Dialect differentiation in Lexical Phonology: the unwelcome effects of underspecification -- 6. English /r. |
Altri titoli varianti | Lexical Phonology & the History of English |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821452003321 |
McMahon April M. S.
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000 | ||
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Linguistics and literary history : in honour of Sylvia Adamson / / edited by Anita Auer [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 420.9 |
Collana | Linguistic Approaches to Literature |
Soggetto topico |
English language - History
English language - Style Literature and history Historical linguistics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136451003321 |
Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2016 | ||
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Linguistics and literary history : in honour of Sylvia Adamson / / edited by Anita Auer [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 420.9 |
Collana | Linguistic Approaches to Literature |
Soggetto topico |
English language - History
English language - Style Literature and history Historical linguistics |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798634803321 |
Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2016 | ||
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Linguistics and literary history : in honour of Sylvia Adamson / / edited by Anita Auer [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 420.9 |
Collana | Linguistic Approaches to Literature |
Soggetto topico |
English language - History
English language - Style Literature and history Historical linguistics |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809065303321 |
Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2016 | ||
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Literary community-making [[electronic resource] ] : the dialogicality of English texts from the seventeenth century to the present / / edited by Roger D. Sell |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 820.90001/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SellRoger D |
Collana | Dialogue studies |
Soggetto topico |
Discourse analysis, Literary
English language - History Literature - Philolosophy Intertextuality |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-67689-2
9786613653826 90-272-7417-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Literary Community-Making; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of illustrations and figures; Contributors; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Scope; 1.2 Main findings; 1.3 Looking ahead; References; Chapter 2. Creating paratextual communities; 2.1 Lanyer, Coryate and their paratexts; 2.2 "Let the Muses your companions be": Lanyer's imagined community; 2.3 "Travelling wonder of our daies": A writer and his community; 2.4 Paratexts and communities; References; Chapter 3. Laudianism and literary communication; 3.1 Communicative restriction: Some limiting factors
3.2 Subjective contingencies3.3 Affiliations; 3.4 Laudian self-positionings; 3.5 Literary communities; 3.6 Royalist allegiances; 3.7 Antiquarian circles; 3.8 Receptive contingencies 1: The later seventeenth century; 3.9 Receptive contingencies 2: The nineteenth century; 3.10 Conclusion: Communities and valencies of attraction; References; Chapter 4. Pope's community-making through The Dunciad Variorum; 4.1 The central community of the poem proper; 4.2 "It Partakes of the Nature of a Secret": Community-making and the apparatus; References; Chapter 5. Dialogue versus Silencing 5.1 A communicational tyrant?5.2 The invitation to readers of The Rime; 5.3 Readers' responses; 5.4 Green values; 5.5 The conversational readjustment of 1817; 5.6 The continuing conversation; References; Chapter 6. Towards a dialogical approach to Arnold; 6.1 Dialogical reading; 6.2 Apparent contradictions; 6.3 A writer on religious matters; 6.4 A poet who wrote prose; 6.5 The writer's communicational afterlife; References; Chapter 7. Kipling's soldiers and Kipling's readers; 7.1 The literary breakthrough; 7.2 Stories; 7.3 Poems; 7.4 Popularity and respectability; References Chapter 8. Addressivity and literary history8.1 Plomer and literary history; 8.2 Reintroducing Plomer; 8.3 Plomer's addressivity, textual and personal; 8.4 The addressivity of The Case Is Altered: Voices from past and present; 8.5 Plomer and the Victorians; 8.6 Nostalgia underneath satire: Addressivity and time in "London Ballads and Poems"; 8.7 Plomer, communicational ethics and literary community-making; References; Chapter 9. Within the anti-fascist community; 9.1 A call to respond to?; 9.2 A warning to heed?; 9.3 A text-world to build; References Chapter 10. Literary dialogicality under threat?10.1 A controversial figure; 10.2 O'Connell the landlord; 10.3 The forty-shilling freeholders and Catholic emancipation; 10.4 The campaign for repeal; 10.5 Dialogicality; References; Chapter 11. Robert Kroetsch and Rudy Wiebe; 11.2 The challenge to hegemonic images; 11.2 Mediating the experience of "being in the Prairie"; 11.3 The self, community and space: The Blue Mountains of China; 11.4 Seed Catalogue: Cabbages, gophers and porcupines; 11.5 On Alberta: Sweeter than All the World and Alberta; References Chapter 12. "Reading as a relationship" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452250403321 |
Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 | ||
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