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An introduction to late modern English /

Some twenty years ago it was widely believed that nothing much happened to the English language since the beginning of the eighteenth century. Recent research has shown that this is far from true, and this book offers an introduction to a period that forms the tail end of the standardisation process...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
Colección:Edinburgh textbooks on the English language.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; To readers; 1 English in the Late Modern period; 2 Evidence of pronunciation; 3 Spelling systems; 4 Writers and the lexicon; 5 Grammar and grammars; 6 Language and social networks; 7 The language of letters and other text types; References; Index.