| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 325 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Topics in English linguistics ; 12
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Topics in English linguistics ; 12.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Contents -- Sorting out the variants: Standardization and social factors in the English language 1600-1800 -- The notion of “standard language� and its applicability to the study of Early Modern English pronunciation -- “Politeness� as linguistic ideology in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England -- Language standardization in eighteenth-century Scotland -- Prestige norms in stage plays, 1600-1800 -- Proliferation and option-cutting: The strong verb in the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries -- Standardization and the English irregular verbs |
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The differentiation of statives and perfects in Early Modern English: The development of the conclusive perfectIts strength and the beauty of it: The standardization of the third person neuter possessive in Early Modern English -- Standard and non-standard pronominal usage in English, with special reference to the eighteenth century -- The critic and the grammarians: Joseph Addison and the prescriptivists -- The effect of exposure to standard English: The language of William Clift -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
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English language -- 18th century.
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English language. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
English language -- Standardization.
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English language -- Standardization. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Stein, Dieter, 1946-
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Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Towards a standard English, 1600-1800 311013697X (DLC) 93036930 (OCoLC)28927364 |
| ISBN |
9783110864281 (electronic book) |
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3110864282 (electronic book) |
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311013697X |
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9783110136975 |
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