History of English provides students with the historical and contextual background to the study of English and answers the questions of why and how the English language has come to be written and spoken as it is today.
History of English provides students with the historical and contextual background to the study of English and answers the questions of why and how the English language has come to be written and spoken as it is today.
Dan McIntyre is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Huddersfield, UK.
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CONTENTS Tables Figures Common abbreviations Phonetic symbols Acknowledgements How to use this book SECTION A: INTRODUCTION An external history of English A1 Origins of English A2 The history of English or the history of Englishes? A3 Language contact in the Middle Ages A4 From Middle English to Early Modern English A5 The process of standardisation A6 Colonialism, Imperialism and the spread of English A7 Moves towards Present Day English A8 Global English and beyond SECTION B: DEVELOPMENT A developing language B1 Understanding Old English B2 Varieties of Old English B3 The emergence of Middle English B4 Sound shifts B5 Writing in Early Modern English B6 The development of American English B7 International English B8 The globalisation of English SECTION C: EXPLORATION Exploring the history of English C1 The roots of English C2 Regions and dialects C3 From Old English to Middle English C4 Codification and attitudes towards English C5 Further elements of grammar in Early Modern English C6 English in the New World C7 Present Day Englishes C8 The future of English SECTION D: EXTENSION Readings in the history of English D1 Vocabulary and meaning in Old English D2 Changes in grammatical gender D3 Medieval multilingualism D4 Shifting sounds D5 The development of a written standard D6 The beginnings of global English D7 Studying recent change in English D8 English in the future Commentary on activities Glossary of linguistic terms Further reading General histories of English Old English Middle English Early Modern English Eighteenth-century English to the present day World Englishes Timeline of external events in the history of English References Index
CONTENTS Tables Figures Common abbreviations Phonetic symbols Acknowledgements How to use this book SECTION A: INTRODUCTION An external history of English A1 Origins of English A2 The history of English or the history of Englishes? A3 Language contact in the Middle Ages A4 From Middle English to Early Modern English A5 The process of standardisation A6 Colonialism, Imperialism and the spread of English A7 Moves towards Present Day English A8 Global English and beyond SECTION B: DEVELOPMENT A developing language B1 Understanding Old English B2 Varieties of Old English B3 The emergence of Middle English B4 Sound shifts B5 Writing in Early Modern English B6 The development of American English B7 International English B8 The globalisation of English SECTION C: EXPLORATION Exploring the history of English C1 The roots of English C2 Regions and dialects C3 From Old English to Middle English C4 Codification and attitudes towards English C5 Further elements of grammar in Early Modern English C6 English in the New World C7 Present Day Englishes C8 The future of English SECTION D: EXTENSION Readings in the history of English D1 Vocabulary and meaning in Old English D2 Changes in grammatical gender D3 Medieval multilingualism D4 Shifting sounds D5 The development of a written standard D6 The beginnings of global English D7 Studying recent change in English D8 English in the future Commentary on activities Glossary of linguistic terms Further reading General histories of English Old English Middle English Early Modern English Eighteenth-century English to the present day World Englishes Timeline of external events in the history of English References Index
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