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Chapter 10: Standardization

  • Lilo Moessner
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Volume 4 Early Modern English
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Abstract

The chapter starts with a discussion of the concepts Early Modern English (EModE) and standardization. Early Modern English is established as the period between Middle English (ME) and Late Modern English; it covers the 16th and 17th centuries. Reduction of variation and elaboration of function are viewed as the processes which contributed most to EModE standardization. Reduction of variation is illustrated in Section 2, with examples from the levels of spelling, morphology, and syntax. Section 3 describes the conscious elaboration of the functions of the vernacular after it replaced Latin as the language of learned discourse. It started with the expansion of the vocabulary, which was necessary for the development of new text categories and changes in already existing ones. The last section summarizes the main issues of the chapter and places them in a broader historical perspective.

Abstract

The chapter starts with a discussion of the concepts Early Modern English (EModE) and standardization. Early Modern English is established as the period between Middle English (ME) and Late Modern English; it covers the 16th and 17th centuries. Reduction of variation and elaboration of function are viewed as the processes which contributed most to EModE standardization. Reduction of variation is illustrated in Section 2, with examples from the levels of spelling, morphology, and syntax. Section 3 describes the conscious elaboration of the functions of the vernacular after it replaced Latin as the language of learned discourse. It started with the expansion of the vocabulary, which was necessary for the development of new text categories and changes in already existing ones. The last section summarizes the main issues of the chapter and places them in a broader historical perspective.

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/10.1515/9783110525069-010

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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