A History of the English Language - Hardcover

Baugh, Albert Croll

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0133892395 ISBN 13: 9780133892390

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1978

Synopsis

DIFFERENT OFFER (see description & picture by BookGems): Edition Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd., Third edition, 1983. The new and unread book remains in very good condition: dust cover intact; red cloth hard cover with bright gilt lettering on spine; text all clean, neat and tight. Prompt dispatch from UK.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Comprehensive and balanced, this classic exploration of the history of the English language combines internal linguistic history and external cultural history-from the Middle Ages to the present. This market-leading text encourages readers to develop both an understanding of present-day English and an enlightened attitude toward questions affecting the language today.

Features in the New Edition include:

• A thoroughly revised and updated Chapter 1, English Present and Future, reflecting the latest trends and statistics of the last ten years
• A new section in Chapter 10, Gender Issues and Linguistic Change, providing a balanced and current perspective on an important social topic
• Thorough revision of Chapter 11, The English Language in America, with updated material on African American Vernacular English

The traditional strengths of the text remain, including:

• An emphasis on the political, social, and cultural forces that affect language
• The use of traditional phonetic notation to help pronunciation
• A map of American dialects and examples of twentieth-century vocabulary demonstrating differences in American English and comparisons of current English to earlier versions

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0133892395
• ISBN 13: 9780133892390
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 454