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A History of the English Language
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Artikel-Nr:
9780415655965
Veröffentl:
2012
Erscheinungsdatum:
17.08.2012
Seiten:
480
Autor:
Albert Baugh
Gewicht:
666 g
Format:
228x153x30 mm
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
Albert C. Baugh was Schelling Memorial Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA Thomas Cable is Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, USA
Comprehensive and balanced, this classic exploration of the history of the English language combines internal linguistic history and external cultural historyfrom the Middle Ages to the present. Students are encouraged to develop both an understanding of presentday English and an enlightened attitude toward questions affecting the language today.
Preface 1. English Present and Future 2. The Indo- European Family of Languages 3. Old English 4. Foreign Influences on Old English 5. The Norman Conquest and the Subjection of English, 1066-1200 6. The Reestablishment of English, 1200-1500 7. Middle English 8. The Renaissance, 1500-1650 9. The Appeal to Authority, 1650-1800 10. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 11. The English Language in America 12. The Twenty-first Century Appendix A: Specimens of the Middle English Dialects Appendix B: English Spelling