The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume 3, 1476-1776 / edited by Roger Lass. [electron...
The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume 3, 1476-1776 / edited by Roger Lass. [electron...
The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume 3, 1476-1776 / edited by Roger Lass. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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English
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1 online resource (xvii, 771 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Introduction / Roger Lass -- Orthography and punctuation / Vivian Salmon -- Phonology and Morphology / Syntax / Matti Rissanen -- Early Modern English lexis and semantics / Terttu Nevalainen -- Regional and social variation / Manfred Görlach -- Literary language / Sylvia Adamson....
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
This volume of the Cambridge History of the English Language covers the period 1476-1776, beginning at the time of the establishment of Caxton's first press in England and concluding with the American Declaration of Independence, the notional birth of the first (non-insular) extraterritorial English. It encompasses three centuries which saw immense...
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The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume 3, 1476-1776 / edited by Roger Lass. [electronic resource]
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BOOK
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English
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74VKVZR3ZA2b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVZR3ZA2b
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ISBN
1-139-05374-4
DDC
420/.903
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991023970914602626
