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English in Modern Times (Hardcover)
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English in Modern Times (Hardcover)
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English in Modern Times describes the development of the English
language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course
of this later modern English period that the characteristics of
'modern' English evolved. This is the first undergraduate text to
cover the whole of this important period, which has been called the
'Cinderella' of English historical linguistics because of its lack
of representation in scholarly literature. This book is
sociohistorical in orientation, arguing that social changes in the
Anglophone world need to be taken into account if we are to
understand the linguistic changes that occurred during this period.
Further chapters deal with changes in vocabulary, syntax and
morphology and phonology and with the attempts of lexicographers,
grammarians and elocutionists to arrest and control these changes
by codifying the language. Unlike many earlier histories of
English, 'English in Modern Times' does not define 'English' as
confined to Standard (English) English, but also considers the
development of extraterritorial Englishes and non-standard
varieties of British English in the Later Modern period.
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