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The English language : a linguistic history /

by Brinton, Laurel J; Arnovick, Leslie K.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Don Mills, Ont. : OUP Canada, c2011Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxii, 602 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780195431575 (pbk.); 019543157X (pbk.).Subject(s): English language -- History | Anglais (Langue) -- Histoire -- Manuels d'enseignement supérieur
Contents:
Studying the history of English -- The sounds and writing of English -- Causes and mechanisms of language change -- The Indo-European language family and Proto-Indo-European -- Germanic and the development of Old English -- The words and sounds of Old English -- The grammar of Old English -- The rise of Middle English : words and sounds -- The grammar of Middle English and the rise of a written standard -- The words, sounds, and inflections of Early Modern English -- Early Modern English verbal constructions and eighteenth-century prescriptivism -- Modern English -- Varieties of English -- Appendix A : Quick reference guide -- Appendix B : timeline of historical, literary, and linguistic events in the history of English.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [582]-594) and index.

Studying the history of English -- The sounds and writing of English -- Causes and mechanisms of language change -- The Indo-European language family and Proto-Indo-European -- Germanic and the development of Old English -- The words and sounds of Old English -- The grammar of Old English -- The rise of Middle English : words and sounds -- The grammar of Middle English and the rise of a written standard -- The words, sounds, and inflections of Early Modern English -- Early Modern English verbal constructions and eighteenth-century prescriptivism -- Modern English -- Varieties of English -- Appendix A : Quick reference guide -- Appendix B : timeline of historical, literary, and linguistic events in the history of English.

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