Volume 1 Historical Outlines from Sound to Text

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2017

Volume 1 Historical Outlines from Sound to Text

Edited by: Laurel J. Brinton and Alexander Bergs

Part of the multi-volume work The History of English

In the series Mouton Reader

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110525281

Overview
Contents

About this book

The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English and explores key questions and debates. A re-evaluation of the concept of periodization is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional linguistic areas – phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics – and chapters on prosody, idioms, fixed expressions, onomastics, orthography, register, and standardization, among others.

Comprehensive coverage of the history of English and of major varieties of English

Synopsis of current research into key questions and debates in English historical linguistics

Individual chapters written by leading authorities in the field

Author / Editor information

Laurel Brinton, Vancouver, Canada; Alexander Bergs, Osnabrück, Germany.

Reviews

"Much of this History will indeed be of terrific use to teachers, who may well want to select particular papers to augment classroom discussion. In view of how this account affirms a kind of resolved, untroubled history of the language, teachers may also want to contextualize some of the discussions by addressing how limitations of historical evidence can constrain any conclusions drawn from it, or how methodology can shape data and vice versa.Thiis valuable and useful series would thereby become an opportunity to open up discussion of English-language historiography."
Tim William Machan in: Modern Language Review 114.3 (2019), 538-539

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Chapter 1: Introduction Laurel J. Brinton and Alexander Bergs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2: Periodization in the History of the English Language Anne Curzan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Chapter 3: Phonology Janet Grijzenhout Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
Chapter 4: Prosody Donka Minkova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Chapter 5: Morphology Dieter Kastovsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 6: Syntax Graeme Trousdale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Chapter 7: Semantics and Lexicon Elizabeth Closs Traugott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Chapter 8: Idioms and Fixed Expressions Gabriele Knappe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
Chapter 9: Pragmatics and Discourse Andreas H. Jucker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Chapter 10: Onomastics Carole Hough Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Chapter 11: Orthography Hanna Rutkowska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Chapter 12: Styles, Registers, Genres, Text Types Claudia Claridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
Chapter 13: Standards in the History of English Claudia Lange Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Graduate students and scholars in (English) historical linguistics; specialists in Old, Middle, and Early Modern English
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 255
Keywords: English historical linguistics; Old English; Middle English; Early Modern English

eBook

Published: September 25, 2017
ISBN: 9783110525281

Paperback

Published: September 25, 2017
ISBN: 9783110522389