Cultural History of the English Language

Gerry Knowles

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Language: English

Published by Routledge May 1997, 1997

0340676809 / 9780340676806

Series: Book 2 of 3 - The English Language Series

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This book presents a new interpretation of the history of English. Access to large corpuses of English has allowed scholars to assess the minutiae of linguistic change with much greater precision than before, often pinpointing the beginnings of linguistic innovations in place and time. The author uses the findings from this research to relate major historical events to change in the language, in particular to areas of linguistic inquiry that have been of particular importance in recent years, such as discourse analysis, stylistics and work on pidgins and creoles. The book does not attempt to chronicle changes in syntax or pronunciation and spelling, but is designed to complement a corpus-based study of formal changes. The story of English is brought up to the late 1990s to include, amongst other things, discussions of Estuary English and the implications of the information superhighway. First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.…

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Title
Cultural History of the English Language
Author
Gerry Knowles
Publisher
Routledge May 1997
Publication year
1997
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Used - Very Good
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Trade Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0340676809
ISBN 13
9780340676806
Series
Book 2 of 3: The English Language Series
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