Language Change And Variation From Old English To Late Modern English

Author : Merja Kytö
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783034303729
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Change and Variation from Old English to Late Modern English written by Merja Kytö and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection reflects Minoji Akimoto's concern with studies of change in English that are theoretically-informed, but founded on substantial bodies of data. Some of the contributors focus on individual texts and text-types, among them literature and journalism, others on specific periods, from Old English to the nineteenth century, but the majority trace a linguistic process - such as negation, passivisation, complementation or grammaticalisation - through the history of English. While several papers take a fresh look at manuscript evidence, the harnessing of wideranging electronic corpora is a recurring feature methodologically. The linguistic fields treated include word semantics, stylistics, orthography, word-order, pragmatics and lexicography. The volume also contains a bibliography of Professor Akimoto's writings and an index of linguistic terms.

Author : Dennis Freeborn
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 0776604694
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Old English to Standard English written by Dennis Freeborn and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This practical and informative course book is a fascinating, visual volume which leads the student through the development of the language from Old English, through Middle and Early Modern English to the establishment of Standard English in the eighteenth century." "At the core of this substantially expanded second edition lies a series of nearly 200 historical texts, of which more than half are reproduced in facsimile, and which illustrate the progressive changes in the language. The book is firmly based upon linguistic description, with commentaries which form a series of case studies demonstrating the evidence for language change at every level - handwriting, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, grammar and meaning." "Such a wealth of texts, as well as the structured activities and the various case studies, allow the volume to be used not only as a stimulating course text, guiding students through the analysis of data, but also as a comprehensive resource book and invaluable reference tool for teachers and students at all levels."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Brian Lowrey
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443884421
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in Linguistic Variation and Change written by Brian Lowrey and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises a series of studies by a number of scholars working on what might broadly be termed the “medieval” period of the history of English, focusing on Old English, Middle English, and the relatively less well-documented period of transition from the former to the latter. The volume brings together contributions not only from a variety of fields, ranging from semantics and syntax to prosody and phonology, but also from different theoretical standpoints, in order to improve the reader’s understanding of the rapid changes that affect the language at this time. The collection of papers here should be of interest to all scholars and students working on Old or Middle English, as well as to students of historical linguistics in general, given that many of the processes and methodological parameters described here will prove to be directly applicable to the study of other periods and of other languages.

Author : Simone E. Pfenninger
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027269939
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contact, Variation, and Change in the History of English written by Simone E. Pfenninger and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume aim at facilitating exchange between three fields of inquiry that are of great importance in historical linguistics: language change, (socio)linguistic research on variation, and contact linguistics. Drawing on a range of recently-developed methodological innovations, such as methods for quantifying the linguistic variation (that is a prerequisite for language change) or new corpus-based methods for investigating text-type variation, the contributors are able to trace linguistic change in different periods and contact situations, demonstrate how variation occurs, and in how far language change results out of this variation. Thus, the chapters go beyond core issues of language variation and change, focusing on the boundary between word and grammar, discourse and ideology in the history of the English language.

Author : Terttu Nevalainen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195308471
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Early Modern English written by Terttu Nevalainen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terttu Nevalainen helps students to place the language of the period 1500-1700 in its historical context, whilst showing its regional and social variations. He focuses on the structure of the 'general dialect' and its spelling, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, as well as its dialectal origins.

Author : Marianne Hundt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139992406
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Late Modern English Syntax written by Marianne Hundt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Late Modern period is the first in the history of English for which an unprecedented wealth of textual material exists. Using increasingly sophisticated databases, the contributions in this volume explore grammatical usage from the period, specifically morphological and syntactic change, in a broad context. Some chapters explore the socio-historical background of the period while others provide information on prescriptivism, newspaper language, language contact, and regional variation in British and American English. Internal processes of change are discussed against grammaticalisation theory and construction grammar and the rich body of textual evidence is used to draw inferences on the precise nature of historical change. Exposing readers to a wealth of data that informs the description of a broad range of syntactic phenomena, this book is ideal for graduate students and researchers interested in historical linguistics, corpus linguistics and language development.

Author : Dennis Freeborn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Old English to Standard English written by Dennis Freeborn and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating, visual volume which traces the development of the language from the dialects of Old English, through Middle and Early Modern English to the establishment of Standard English in the eighteenth century, with a postscript on the language of today. The core of the book is a series of illustrative texts and facsimiles, which descriptive analyses and assignments for students. The texts include chronicles, letters, diaries, literary extracts and contemporary descriptions of the language at different periods. The focus of the study is on vocabulary, meaning, pronunciation, spelling and syntax, set against the historical, social and political background which some of the texts themselves illustrate. This book is firmly based upon linguistic description, and the commentaries form a series of case studies from which some understanding of the principles of language variation and change can be obtained--from back cover.

Author : Albert Croll Baugh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780133891553
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the English Language written by Albert Croll Baugh and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Stehling
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
ISBN 13 : 3954896044
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Semantic Change in the Early Modern English Period: Latin Influences on the English Language written by David Stehling and published by Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag). This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the history, English was changing steadily. Not only was the English grammar, pronunciation or vocabulary being altered over the centuries but also the semantics of lexemes. A major factor that has a considerable impact on the semantics of words is the influence of foreign languages. This study deals with semantic changes due to the Latin influence on the English language in the Early Modern English period. The aim of the analysis is – with the help of the Oxford English Dictionary Online – to determine potential patterns of meaning alterations of English lexemes that were caused by the influx of Latin-derived equivalents, especially on the field of human anatomy, and between the 15th and the 18th century. Moreover, the Early Modern English period is portrayed as well as the roles of Latin and English during that time, also considering the integration of Latin loanwords into English. In order to discuss meaning changes due to Latin influences, a closer look will be taken at language modifications in general, at lexical change and at the various types of semantic change by which English words might have been affected.

Author : Christian Mair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139459627
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twentieth-Century English written by Christian Mair and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-26 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standard English has evolved and developed in many ways over the past hundred years. From pronunciation to vocabulary to grammar, this concise survey clearly documents the recent history of Standard English. Drawing on large amounts of authentic corpus data, it shows how we can track ongoing changes to the language, and demonstrates each of the major developments that have taken place. As well as taking insights from a vast body of literature, Christian Mair presents the results of his own cutting-edge research, revealing some important changes which have not been previously documented. He concludes by exploring how social and cultural factors, such as the American influence on British English, have affected Standard English in recent times. Authoritative, informative and engaging, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in language change in progress, particularly those working on English, and will be welcomed by students, researchers and language teachers alike.