The Origins and Development of the English LanguageHarcourt, Brace & World, 1982 - 383 páginas The focus on this 3rd ed., as in the previous, remains on the internal history of English, theoretical implications and purely external history are purposely kept to a minimum. As in the earlier editions, too, the treatment is descriptive and traditional so that students with no prior study of linguistics or of languages will find this text accessible. |
Contenido
Preface vii | 5 |
Facts Assumptions and Misconceptions About Language | 9 |
A Brief History of Writing | 21 |
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The Origins and Development of the English Language Thomas Pyles,John Algeo Vista de fragmentos - 1982 |
The Origins and Development of the English Language Thomas Pyles,John Algeo Vista de fragmentos - 1982 |
Términos y frases comunes
acquired adjective American English American speech became become British English called Chaucer cited compound consonant dative declension dialects Dictionary distinction doubtless earlier early Modern English ending England English language English words example frequently fricative genitive Germanic languages Greek guages H. C. Wyld H. L. Mencken hence historical indicate Indo-European Indo-European languages inflectional initial instance Italian Jespersen later Latin less linguistic lish loan-words London lost masculine meaning Middle English Middle English period Midland neuter nominative nominative-accusative nominative-accusative plural nouns occur Old English Old French older origin past participle person singular phonetic plural forms preterit preterit forms pronounced pronunciation Roman Sanskrit Scandinavian Semitic seventeenth century sixteenth century sometimes sound Spanish speakers spelling spoken Standard British English stress strong verbs suffix survives syllables third person thou tion tive ultimately unstressed usage usually variant West Saxon writing written York
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International English: A Guide to Varieties of Standard English Peter Trudgill,Jean Hannah Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
Euphemism & Dysphemism: Language Used as Shield and Weapon Keith Allan,Kate Burridge Vista de fragmentos - 1991 |