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Smith, Jeremy

 
9780415132725: An Historical Study of English: Function, Form and Change
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ISBN 10: 041513272X ISBN 13: 9780415132725
Editorial: Routledge, 1996

Sinopsis

Through his analysis of selected major developments in the history of English, Jeremy Smith argues that the history of the language can only be understood from a dynamic perspective. He proposes that internal linguistic mechanisms for language change cannot be meaningfully explained in isolation or without reference to external linguistic factors. <BR> Smith provides the reader with an accessible synthesis of recent developments in English historical linguistics. His book:   Looks at the theory and methodology of linguistic historiography . Considers the major changes in writing systems, pronunciation and grammar.  Provides examples of these changes, such as the standardisation of spellings and accent and the origins of the Great Vowel Shift Focuses on the origins of two non-standard varieties; eighteenth century Scots and twentieth century British Black English.This book makes fascinating reading for students of English Historical linguistics, and is an original, important and above all, lively contribution to the field.

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Jeremy Smith is Reader in English Language at the University of Glasgow.

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Through his analysis of selected major developments in the history of English, Jeremy Smith argues that the history of the language can only be understood from a dynamic perspective. In this book, he proposes that internal linguistic mechanisms for language change cannot be meaningfully explained in isolation or without reference to external linguistic factors. Smith provides the reader with an accessible synthesis of recent developments in English historical linguistics. His book looks at the theory and methodology of linguistic historiography; considers the major changes in writing systems, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary; provides examples of these changes, such as the standardisation of spellings and accent, and the origins of the Great Vowel Shift; and focuses on the origins of two non-standard varieties: eighteenth-century Scots and twentieth-century British Black English. This book will be fascinating reading to students of English historical linguistics, and will make an original, important and, above all, lively contribution to the field.

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
1996
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
041513272X
ISBN 13 
9780415132725
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
244
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