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An Historical Study of English : Function, Form and Change
ISBN-13: 9780415132725 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 244 str.
Through his analysis of selected major developments in the history of English, Jeremy Smith argues that the history of the language can only be understood from a dynamic perspective. He proposes that internal linguistic mechanisms for language change cannot be meaningfully explained in isolation or without reference to external linguistic factors. The reader is provided with a synthesis of recent developments in English historical linguistics. Other features of the text include: a look at the theory and methodology of linguistic historiography; a consideration of the major changes in writing systems, pronunciation and grammar; examples of these changes, such as the standardization of spellings and accent and the origins of the Great Vowel Shift; and a focus on the origins of two non-standard varieties - 18th century Scots and 20th- century British Black English. This book should be useful reading for students of English Historical linguistics, as well a contribution to the field.
Through his analysis of selected major developments in the history of English, Jeremy Smith argues that the history of the language can only be understood from a dynamic perspective. In this book, he proposes that internal linguistic mechanisms for language change cannot be meaningfully explained in isolation or without reference to external linguistic factors.
Smith provides the reader with an accessible synthesis of recent developments in English historical linguistics. This book:
* looks at the theory and methodology of linguistic historiography
* considers the major changes in writing systems, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary
* provides examples of these changes, such as standardisation of spelling and accent, and the origins of the Great Vowel Shift
* focuses on the origins of two non-standard varieties: eighteenth-century Scots and twentieth-century British Black-English.
This book will be fascinating reading to students of English historical linguistics, and will make an original, important and, above all, lively contribution to the field.
Jeremy Smith is reader in English Language at the University of Glasgow.
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