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Volume 1
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English
Published/Copyright:
2012
About this book
- comprehensive and descriptive overview of the entire language history of English,
- illustrates and discusses current trends, theories, and methods of the field,
- contains an overview of the history of historical linguistics as a discipline as well
- more than 100 articles with general introductions to the different subjects which are intelligible to all
- includes an extensive index
Author / Editor information
Alexander Bergs, University of Osnabrück, Germany; Laurel Brinton, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Reviews
"To sum up, the first volume of Alexander Bergs and Laurel J. Brinton's
Handbook is a well-rounded volume containing an enormous amount of relevant information in a generally well-organized and easy-to-use form. It is a
valuable addition to the rich literature on the subject."
Igor Yanovich in: Linguist List 24.1640
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Topics
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Frontmatter
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Preface to Historical Linguistics of English
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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In memoriam
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General abbreviations
xix - I Periods
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1 Periods: Pre-Old English
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2 Periods: Old English
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3 Periods: Middle English
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4 Periods: Early Modern English
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5 Periods: Late Modern English
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6 Periods: Contemporary English
78 - II Linguistic Levels
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7 Linguistic Levels: Phonology
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8 Linguistic Levels: Prosody
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9 Linguistic Levels: Morphology
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10 Linguistic Levels: Syntax
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11 Linguistic Levels: Semantics and lexicon
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12 Linguistic Levels: Idioms and fixed expressions
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13 Linguistic Levels: Pragmatics and discourse
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14 Linguistic Levels: Onomastics
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15 Linguistic Levels: Orthography
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16 Linguistic Levels: Styles, registers, genres, text types
237 - III Old English
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17 Old English: Phonology
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18 Old English: Morphology
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19 Old English: Syntax
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20 Old English: Semantics and lexicon
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21 Old English: Pragmatics and discourse
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22 Old English: Dialects
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23 Old English: Language contact
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24 Old English: Standardization
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25 Old English: Literary language
385 - IV Middle English
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26 Middle English: Phonology
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27 Middle English: Morphology
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28 Middle English: Syntax
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29 Middle English: Semantics and lexicon
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30 Middle English: Pragmatics and discourse
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31 Middle English: Dialects
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32 Middle English: Language contact
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33 Middle English: Standardization
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34 Middle English: Sociolinguistics
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35 Middle English: Literary language
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36 Middle English: The language of Chaucer
576 - V Early Modern English
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37 Early Modern English: Phonology
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38 Early Modern English: Morphology
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39 Early Modern English: Syntax
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40 Early Modern English: Lexicon and semantics
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41 Early Modern English: Pragmatics and discourse
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42 Early Modern English: Dialects
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43 Early Modern English: Language contact
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44 Early Modern English: Standardization
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45 Early Modern English: Sociolinguistics
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46 Early Modern English: Pronouns
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47 Early Modern English: Periphrastic DO
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48 Early Modern English: The Great Vowel Shift
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49 Early Modern English: Relativization
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50 Early Modern English: Literary language
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51 Early Modern English: The language of Shakespeare
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52 Late Modern English: Phonology
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53 Late Modern English: Morphology
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54 Late Modern English: Syntax
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55 Late Modern English: Semantics and lexicon
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56 Late Modern English: Pragmatics and discourse
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57 Late Modern English: Dialects
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58 Late Modern English: Standardization
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59 Late Modern English: Sociolinguistics
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60 Standardization: Prescriptive tradition
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61 Standardization: The complaint tradition
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62 Standardization: Standards in the history of English
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63 Standardization: Codifiers
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64 Standardization: English language regard: attitudes, beliefs, and ideologies
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65 Standardization: Bible translations
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66 Standardization: Dictionaries and the standardization of English
1050 - VIII English and the media
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67 English and the media: Newspapers
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68 English and the media: Television
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69 English and the media: Radio
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70 English and the media: Internet
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Index
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eBook published on:
May 29, 2012
eBook ISBN:
9783110251593
Hardcover published on:
May 18, 2012
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110202205
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Front matter:
22
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1174
Audience(s) for this book
Libraries, Academic Institutes, for Scholars of Linguistics in General, Historical, and English Linguistics , as well as allied fields such as History, Literature, Philosophy, and Culture, but also reference work for graduate students and advanced undergraduates in Historical Linguistics
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