Language Myths and the History of English

Zusatztext we must thank Watts for presenting a narrative and interpretative text, in which the quantitative results, so prevalent in recent research, reamain secondary. Within its pages, it becomes clear that history has an open nature, acquiring new dimensions in new circumstances, and that knowledge, a shared legacy continuously rebuilt, is only obtained through research and debate. Informationen zum Autor Richard J. Watts is Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Bern. Klappentext Language Myths and the History of English deconstructs common myths about the historical development of English and looks at the ideological reasons for their existence. Zusammenfassung Language Myths and the History of English deconstructs common myths about the historical development of English and looks at the ideological reasons for their existence.

Product details

• Authors: Richard J. Watts, Watts Richard J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.2011
• EAN: 9780195327601
• ISBN: 978-0-19-532760-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics; Oxford Studies in Sociolinguis
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics