History of EnglishRoutledge, 14. jul. 2005 - 144 sider Whilst maintaining the accessibility for the beginner, the level of this second edition has been raised by the addition of much more detail, a greater focus on theories and controversies, and a clearer route to key works in the field. History of English:
Revised throughout, this updated edition contains a new internet resource section and an updated further reading section, to help readers take their study further. |
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clues in placenames | 1 |
Investigating change in English | 12 |
Spellings and speech sounds | 21 |
Borrowing words | 34 |
New words from old | 42 |
Changing meanings | 51 |
nouns | 58 |
verbs | 67 |
Standardisation | 86 |
World Englishes | 95 |
reading an OED entry | 103 |
the IndoEuropean family tree | 104 |
phonetic transcription | 105 |
some answers | 113 |
general reading | 128 |
Dialects in British English | 76 |
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