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Introducing the history of the English language / Seth Lerer.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 Description: xvi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. volumeContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781032129716
  • 9781032129693
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Introducing the history of the English languageLOC classification:
  • PE 1075 .2024 I85
Online resources:
Contents:
The Indo-European languages -- The Germanic languages -- Old English -- Middle English -- From Middle English to Modern English -- English in the age of Shakespeare and the King James Bible -- The age of regulation -- English in Great Britain, 1800-2000 -- American English, origins and attitudes -- English in the Black Atlantic -- Global English -- English in the twenty-first century.
Summary: "This essential new text provides a comprehensive, modern account of how the English language originated, developed, changed, and continues to morph into new forms in contemporary society. It first offers a rigorous, approachable introduction to the building blocks of language itself and then traces English language usage's messy development in society, beginning with its origins in the Indo-European language family and continuing chronologically through the Old, Middle, Modern, and present-day forms"-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: English Language Studies, Master of Arts in
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Indo-European languages -- The Germanic languages -- Old English -- Middle English -- From Middle English to Modern English -- English in the age of Shakespeare and the King James Bible -- The age of regulation -- English in Great Britain, 1800-2000 -- American English, origins and attitudes -- English in the Black Atlantic -- Global English -- English in the twenty-first century.

"This essential new text provides a comprehensive, modern account of how the English language originated, developed, changed, and continues to morph into new forms in contemporary society. It first offers a rigorous, approachable introduction to the building blocks of language itself and then traces English language usage's messy development in society, beginning with its origins in the Indo-European language family and continuing chronologically through the Old, Middle, Modern, and present-day forms"-- Provided by publisher.

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