Historical Outlines from Sound to Text

Laurel Brinton

ISBN 10: 3110522381 / ISBN 13: 9783110522389

Edité par De Gruyter, DE, 2017

A propos de cet article

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English, organized by linguistic level, and it explores key questions and debates. Individual chapters are written by recognized experts in the field. The volume begins with a re-evaluation of the concept of periodization in the history of English. This is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional areas of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics as well as chapters covering areas less often treated in histories of English, including prosody, idioms and fixed expressions, pragmatics and discourse, onomastics, orthography, style/register/text types, and standardization.

N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9783110522389

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Historical Outlines from Sound to Text
• Éditeur: De Gruyter, DE
• Date de parution: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3110522381
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783110522389
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 406 grammes

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Synopsis

The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English and explores key questions and debates. A re-evaluation of the concept of periodization is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional linguistic areas - phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics - and chapters on prosody, idioms, fixed expressions, onomastics, orthography, register, and standardization, among others.

À propos de l?auteur

Laurel Brinton, Vancouver, Canada; Alexander Bergs, Osnabrück, Germany.