An Introduction to Middle English (Hardcover)

First published in 1937, this book supplies a history of the living growth of the English language from Old English to the medieval period. It offers an in-depth study of the growth of vocabulary through literature and social interaction, bringing out the fact that it is chiefly words that foreign influence has affected - leaving sentence structure almost unaltered. Isolative and combinative changes in phonology, the accidence of nouns and plurals, pronouns and adverbs, and verbs are also examined in detail, along with a general overview of the features Middle English and a brief outline of each dialect's most striking characteristics.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2016
First published:	1937
Authors:	E. E Wardale
Dimensions:	198 x 129mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	138
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-65881-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General
LSN:	1-138-65881-2
Barcode:	9781138658813

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