History of English / / Jonathan Culpeper.

• Superior document: Language workbooks
• VerfasserIn: Culpeper, Jonathan, 1966-,
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Routledge,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Language workbooks.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (125 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This is a superb introduction to all the key areas of language and linguistics. Written in clear and concise sections this is the essential guide to this core subject.

Table of Contents

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; USING THIS BOOK; 1 THE BIRTH OF ENGLISH; 2 INVESTIGATING CHANGE IN ENGLISH; 3 SPELLINGS AND SPEECH SOUNDS; 4 BORROWING WORDS; 5 NEW WORDS FROM OLD; 6 CHANGING MEANINGS; 7 GRAMMAR I; 8 GRAMMAR II; 9 DIALECTS IN BRITISH ENGLISH; 10 STANDARDISATION; 11 WORLD ENGLISHES; APPENDIX I: READING AN OED ENTRY; APPENDIX II: THE INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY TREE; APPENDIX III: PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION; APPENDIX IV: A 'MINI-CORPUS' OF TEXTS; APPENDIX V: SOME ANSWERS; APPENDIX VI: INTERNET RESOURCES; APPENDIX VII: GENERAL READING; INDEX;