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Book Description hardcover. Condition: new. First Edition. Why is there such a striking difference between English spelling and English pronunciation How did our seemingly relatively simple grammar rules develop What are the origins of regional dialect literary language and everyday speech and what do they have to do with youSeth Lerers Inventing English is a masterful engaging history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem Many have written about the evolution of our grammar pronunciation and vocabulary but only Lerer situates these developments in the larger history of English America and literatureLerer begins in the seventh century with the poet Caedmon learning to sing what would become the earliest poem in English He then looks at the medieval scribes and poets who gave shape to Middle English He finds the traces of the Great Vowel Shift in the spelling choices of letter writers of the fifteenth century and explores the achievements of Samuel Johnsons Dictionary of 1755 and The Oxford English Dictionary of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries He describes the differences between English and American usage and through the example of Mark Twain the link between regional dialect and race class and gender Finally he muses on the ways in which contact with foreign languages popular culture advertising the Internet and email continue to shape English for future generationsEach concise chapter illuminates a moment of inventiona time when people discovered a new form of expression or changed the way they spoke or wrote In conclusion Lerer wonders whether globalization and technology have turned English into a world language and reflects on what has been preserved and what has been lost A unique blend of historical and personal narrative Inventing English is the surprising tale of a language that is as dynamic as the people to whom it belongs. Seller Inventory # DADAX023113794X
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