| Description |
1 online resource (x, 176 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Edinburgh textbooks on the English language
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Edinburgh textbooks on the English language.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of figures and tables; To readers; 1 The Early Modern English period; 2 Sources for the study of Early Modern English; 3 Towards a standard language; 4 Old words and loan words; 5 Word-formation and semantic change; 6 Nouns and pronouns; 7 Verbs, adjectives and adverbs; 8 Syntactic structures; 9 Changing pronunciation; 10 Language in the community; Appendix 1 Mini-corpus of Early Modern English texts; References; Index. |
| Summary |
An introduction to Early Modern English, this book helps students of English and linguistics to place the language of the period 1500-1700 in its historical context as a language with a common core; but also as one which varies across time, regionally and socially, and according to register. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1700 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nevalainen, Terttu. Introduction to early modern English. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006 0748615237 0748615245 (OCoLC)64726057 |
| ISBN |
0748626360 (electronic book) |
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9780748626366 (electronic book) |
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0748615245 (Paper) |
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0748615237 (Cloth) |
| Standard No. |
9780748626366 |
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