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Chapter 13: Standards in the History of English

  • Claudia Lange
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Volume 1 Historical Outlines from Sound to Text
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Abstract

Standardization may be regarded as a process or as an ideology, but in adopting a historical perspective on standards of English, the two approaches can hardly be kept apart. The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of how standardization in general has been conceptualized and how the relevant concepts have been applied to the development of English standards in different periods of the history of the language.

Abstract

Standardization may be regarded as a process or as an ideology, but in adopting a historical perspective on standards of English, the two approaches can hardly be kept apart. The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of how standardization in general has been conceptualized and how the relevant concepts have been applied to the development of English standards in different periods of the history of the language.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Abbreviations VII
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2: Periodization in the History of the English Language 8
  6. Chapter 3: Phonology 36
  7. Chapter 4: Prosody 57
  8. Chapter 5: Morphology 77
  9. Chapter 6: Syntax 102
  10. Chapter 7: Semantics and Lexicon 123
  11. Chapter 8: Idioms and Fixed Expressions 140
  12. Chapter 9: Pragmatics and Discourse 165
  13. Chapter 10: Onomastics 185
  14. Chapter 11: Orthography 200
  15. Chapter 12: Styles, Registers, Genres, Text Types 218
  16. Chapter 13: Standards in the History of English 238
  17. Index 253
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110525281-013

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Abbreviations VII
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2: Periodization in the History of the English Language 8
  6. Chapter 3: Phonology 36
  7. Chapter 4: Prosody 57
  8. Chapter 5: Morphology 77
  9. Chapter 6: Syntax 102
  10. Chapter 7: Semantics and Lexicon 123
  11. Chapter 8: Idioms and Fixed Expressions 140
  12. Chapter 9: Pragmatics and Discourse 165
  13. Chapter 10: Onomastics 185
  14. Chapter 11: Orthography 200
  15. Chapter 12: Styles, Registers, Genres, Text Types 218
  16. Chapter 13: Standards in the History of English 238
  17. Index 253
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