A Social History of EnglishPsychology Press, 1997 - 301 pages A Social History of English is the first history of the English language to utilize the techniques, insights and concerns of sociolinguistics. Written in a non-technical way, it takes into account standardization, pidginization, bi- and multilingualism, the issues of language maintenance and language loyalty, and linguistic variation. This new edition has been fully revised. Additions include: * new material about 'New Englishes' across the world * a new chapter entitled 'A Critical Linguistic History of English Texts' * a discussion of problems involved in writing a history of English All terms and concepts are explained as they are introduced, and linguistic examples are chosen for their accessibility and intelligibility to the general reader. It will be of interest to students of Sociolinguistics, English Language, History and Cultural Studies. |
Table des matières
Languages in contact | 7 |
Standardisation and writing | 31 |
Words and meanings | 61 |
Grammar | 86 |
Pronunciation | 112 |
The imposition of English in the British Isles | 149 |
English as an international language | 180 |
A critical linguistic history of English texts | 217 |
Theoretical postscript | 255 |
Exercises and topics for further study | 266 |
Appendix | 270 |
Notes and suggested reading | 272 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
accents African Anglo-Saxon areas associated back vowel bilingualism British Isles Celtic Celtic languages Celts chapter codified colonies consonants culture described developed Dictionary diphthong discussed dominant East Midland eighteenth century England English language example Extract French fricative front vowels functions Gaelic grammar groups guage Hiberno-English history of English inflexions influence instance Ireland Irish kind later Latin lingua franca linguistic lish literary London meaning Middle English Midland minority languages nineteenth century norm Norman noun originally past pattern phonemes plosive political prestige pronouns pronunciation recent regional schools Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish Gaelic Scottish Highlands seen sense short vowel social society sociolinguistic sound speakers of English speech spelling spoken Standard English standardisation stigmatised tend tense texts tion tongue traditional Ulster-Scots usage variation varieties of English verb vocabulary Vowel Shift Wales Welsh West Saxon writing written