The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume 4, 1776-1997 / edited by Suzanne Romaine. [ele...
The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume 4, 1776-1997 / edited by Suzanne Romaine. [ele...
The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume 4, 1776-1997 / edited by Suzanne Romaine. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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English
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1 online resource (xix, 783 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Introduction/
Suzanne Romaine --
Vocabulary /
John Algeo --
Syntax /
David Denison --
Onomastics /
Richard Coates --
Phonology /
Michael K.C. MacMahon --
English grammar and usage /
Edward Finegan --
Literary language /
Sylvia Adamson.
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1998.
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This volume deals with the history of the English language from 1776 to 1997. An extensive introduction details the changing socio-historical setting in which English has developed in response to a continuing background of diversity as it was transplanted to North America and beyond. Separate chapters on phonology, syntax, and vocabulary chronicle...
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The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume 4, 1776-1997 / edited by Suzanne Romaine. [electronic resource]
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BOOK
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English
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74VKVZR3wXRZ
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1-139-05365-5
DDC
420/.9
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991023970914502626
