An Historic Tongue (RLE: English Language): Studies in English Linguistics in Memory of Barbara Strang (Routledge Library Editions: The English Language) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1138917443 ISBN 13: 9781138917446

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This volume, first published in 1988, represents in its papers the wide-ranging yet coherent linguistic interests of the late Barbara Strang (1925-1982). For her, the history of English and its current state were two sides of the same coin, and the principle theme of this collection is that neither one may be properly understood without invoking the other. It is a ‘real-data’ collection, in that its contributors share the view that the facts of language, patiently gathered, recorded and collated, must govern the theory within which they are described, and not vice versa. This philosophy may be seen to operate in all the contributions, and to result in a truly three-dimensional picture of English: data; distribution (temporal, geographical, situational and social); and description. This book will be of interest to students of English language and linguistics.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138917443
• ISBN 13: 9781138917446
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Nixon Graham, Honey John