Twentieth-Century English - History, Variation and Standardization

Informationen zum Autor Christian Mair is Chair in English Linguistics at the Universität Freiburg, Germany. Klappentext This book documents changes to the vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation of Standard English over the past century. Zusammenfassung Standard English has evolved in many ways over the past hundred years. From pronunciation to vocabulary to grammar! this concise survey clearly documents the recent history of Standard English. Essential reading for anyone interested in language change in progress! it will be welcomed by students! researchers and language teachers alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Setting the scene; 2. Ongoing language change: problems of detection and verification; 3. Lexical change in twentieth-century English; 4. Grammatical changes in twentieth-century English; 5. Pronunciation; 6. Language change in context: changing communicative and discourse norms in twentieth-century English; 7. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Mair Christian, Christian Mair, Christian (Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freibu Mair, Mair Christian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.07.2009
• EAN: 9780521115834
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11583-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Studies in English Language; Studies in English Language
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics