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Volume 4 Early Modern English
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Abstract

The two most notable changes in the Early Modern English period (1500- 1700) were standardization and the growth of the lexicon. Changes in the cultural and political climate, such as the spread of printing and increasing availability of education and subsequent growing literacy among the population, were linked to these changes. The process of vernacularization in many areas (science, religion, law, government) produced new uses for English, and the Renaissance ideals of writing produced new styles and registers. Increased mobility, particularly towards London, contributed to the spread of linguistic innovations. The progressively more global trade brought contacts with new languages, and the spread of English world wide took its first steps in the colonialization of North America.

Abstract

The two most notable changes in the Early Modern English period (1500- 1700) were standardization and the growth of the lexicon. Changes in the cultural and political climate, such as the spread of printing and increasing availability of education and subsequent growing literacy among the population, were linked to these changes. The process of vernacularization in many areas (science, religion, law, government) produced new uses for English, and the Renaissance ideals of writing produced new styles and registers. Increased mobility, particularly towards London, contributed to the spread of linguistic innovations. The progressively more global trade brought contacts with new languages, and the spread of English world wide took its first steps in the colonialization of North America.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Abbreviations VII
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2: Early Modern English: Overview 8
  6. Chapter 3: Phonology 27
  7. Chapter 4: Morphology 47
  8. Chapter 5: Syntax 68
  9. Chapter 6: Lexicon and semantics 89
  10. Chapter 7: Pragmatics and discourse 108
  11. Chapter 8: Dialects 128
  12. Chapter 9: Language contact 150
  13. Chapter 10: Standardization 167
  14. Chapter 11: Sociolinguistics 188
  15. Chapter 12: Pronouns 209
  16. Chapter 13: Periphrastic DO 224
  17. Chapter 14: The Great Vowel Shift 241
  18. Chapter 15: Relativization 267
  19. Chapter 16: Literary language 287
  20. Chapter 17: The language of Shakespeare 309
  21. Index 333
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110525069-002

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Abbreviations VII
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2: Early Modern English: Overview 8
  6. Chapter 3: Phonology 27
  7. Chapter 4: Morphology 47
  8. Chapter 5: Syntax 68
  9. Chapter 6: Lexicon and semantics 89
  10. Chapter 7: Pragmatics and discourse 108
  11. Chapter 8: Dialects 128
  12. Chapter 9: Language contact 150
  13. Chapter 10: Standardization 167
  14. Chapter 11: Sociolinguistics 188
  15. Chapter 12: Pronouns 209
  16. Chapter 13: Periphrastic DO 224
  17. Chapter 14: The Great Vowel Shift 241
  18. Chapter 15: Relativization 267
  19. Chapter 16: Literary language 287
  20. Chapter 17: The language of Shakespeare 309
  21. Index 333
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