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  • The English Language

    by Charles Barber, Joan Beal, Philip Shaw ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day. Using dozens of familiar texts, including the English of King Alfred, Shakespeare and Chaucer, the English language is explored in terms of where it came from, where it is going and the global impact it ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • The English Language

    A Historical Introduction

    by Charles Barber, Joan C. Beal, Philip A. Shaw ...
    A comprehensive yet concise history of the English language, this accessible textbook helps those studying the subject to understand the formation of English. It tells the story of the language from its remote ancestry to the present day, especially the effects of globalisation and the spread of, and subsequent changes to, English. Now in its third edition, it has been substantially revised and ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • English in Modern Times

    by Joan C Beal ...
    English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course of this later modern English period that the characteristics of 'modern' English evolved. This is the first undergraduate text to cover the whole of this important period, which has been called the 'Cinderella' of English historical linguistics because of its lack of ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Urban North-Eastern English

    Tyneside to Teesside

    by Joan C Beal ...
    Series series Dialects of English

    $85.99 USD

  • Introduction to Regional Englishes

    Dialect Variation in England

    by Joan C Beal ...
    Series series Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language

    $24.69 USD

  • The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 3

    Transmission, Change and Ideology

    Edited by Joan C. Beal ...
    Series series The New Cambridge History of the English Language
    How language change manifests itself in the history of English is the primary focus of this volume. It considers the transmission of English though dictionaries and grammars down to the digital means found today. The chapters investigate various issues in language change, for instance what role internal and external factors played throughout history. There are several chapters dedicated to change ... Read more

    $147.59 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Prescriptivism

    Edited by Joan C. Beal, Morana Lukač, Robin Straaijer ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics
    This Handbook provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge overview of the field of linguistic prescriptivism. Mapping the current status quo of the field and marking its two-decade transformation into a serious field of study within linguistics, this volume addresses both the value and the methods of studying prescriptivism. It covers:• Theoretical and methodological approaches – from historical to ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Historical Sociolinguistics

    Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England

    by Terttu Nevalainen, Helena Raumolin-Brunberg ...
    Historical Sociolinguistics: Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England is the seminal text in the field of historical sociolinguistics. Demonstrating the real-world application of sociolinguistic research methodologies, this book examines the social factors which promoted linguistic changes in English, laying the foundation for Modern Standard English.This revised edition of Nevalainen and ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Analysing Older English

    Edited by David Denison, Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero, Chris McCully, Emma Moore ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    Is historical linguistics different in principle from other linguistic research? This book addresses problems encountered in gathering and analysing data from early English, including the incomplete nature of the evidence and the dangers of misinterpretation or over-interpretation. Even so, gaps in the data can sometimes be filled. The volume brings together a team of leading English historical ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

  • Words of the World

    A Global History of the Oxford English Dictionary

    by Sarah Ogilvie ...
    Most people think of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) as a distinctly British product. Begun in England 150 years ago, it took more than 60 years to complete and, when it was finally finished in 1928, the British prime minister heralded it as a 'national treasure'. It maintained this image throughout the twentieth century, and in 2006 the English public voted it an 'Icon of England', alongside ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Roots of English

    Exploring the History of Dialects

    by Sali A. Tagliamonte ...
    What is the explanation for the nature, character and evolution of the many different varieties of English in the world today? Which changes in the English language are the legacy of its origins and which are the product of novel influences in the places to which it was transported? Roots of English is a groundbreaking investigation into four dialects from parts of northern Britain out of which ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Investigations in Sociohistorical Linguistics

    Stories of Colonisation and Contact

    by Peter Trudgill ...
    In the last five hundred years or so, the English language has undergone remarkable geographical expansion, bringing it into contact with other languages in new locations. It also caused different regional dialects of the language to come into contact with each other in colonial situations. This book is made up of a number of fascinating tales of historical-sociolinguistic detection. These are ... Read more

    $44.29 USD