Outlines of the History of the English Language (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Classen, E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330434307 ISBN 13 : 9781330434307

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This little volume does not pretend to furnish any new materials for the history of theE nglish language. It is rather a modest attempt to present the wellknown linguistic facts as illustrations of a consistent theory of the development of language, and in that way to invest them with a more human interest. The author feels, and feels strongly, that the study of language has been too long divorced from the study of ordinary human life and thought, and that the traditional method of isolating linguistic material from the world of individual and social thought and emotion in vhich language lives can only be misleading. The theory of development which is here put forward, and which the facts of historical English grammar serve to illustrate, is not orthodox. I ndeed, in regarding sound change as the very last effect of a number of complex causes, it runs directly counter to accepted views. In other places, too, as in the explanation of the development of logical gender in Middle English, and of the -s plurals, the theory comes into conflict with current opinion. The author is greatly indebted toM r. 0. T. WU liams, of King sC ollege, London, and toM r. H. G. Wright, of the University College of North Wales, Bangor, for their kindness in reading and revising the proofs. E. CLASSEN. London, March,
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330434307
• ISBN 13: 9781330434307
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 298
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