Watching English Change - An Introduction to Study of Linguistic Change in Standard Englishes

A ground-breaking text which examines the ways language has changed in the twentieth century. It concentrates on standard-English and takes an historical rather than sociolinguistic view of the changes which have occurred. It includes many useful exercises, notes and discussion points.

List of contents

How to use this book
Guide to phonetic symbols

1. Introduction
2. Lexical Change
3. Grammatical Change
4. Sound Change
5. Other Changes

Theoretical Perspective

About the author

Laurie Bauer

Summary

A ground-breaking text which examines the ways language has changed in the twentieth century. It concentrates on standard-English and takes an historical rather than sociolinguistic view of the changes which have occurred. It includes many useful exercises, notes and discussion points.

Product details

• Authors: Bauer, Laurie Bauer, Professor of Linguistics Laurie (Victoria University of Wellington) Bauer, Bauer Laurie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2016
• EAN: 9781138154445
• ISBN: 978-1-138-15444-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Learning about Language; Learning About Language
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Dialect, slang & jargon, Dialect, slang and jargon