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The linguistics of the history of English / Remco Knooihuizen.

9783031416927 electronic book
3031416929 electronic book
3031416910
9783031416910

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

English

1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and color).

10.1007/978-3-031-41692-7 doi

PE1075 .K66 2023

420.9

This textbook approaches the history of English from a theoretical perspective. The book provides a brief chronological overview describing the way in which the English language has changed over time from Old English to Modern English, while subsequent parts adopt a theoretical focus that is thematically organised to deal with the question of how and why English changed in the way it did, including a part addressing some specific contact-induced changes and key topics such as English as a Lingua Franca. Supported throughout with information boxes with empirical studies, the examples given are all drawn from English, but boxes with examples from other languages tie the development of the English language into changes in other contexts and settings. This book is an ideal resource for undergraduate students of the English Language and historical linguistics. .

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