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Eighteenth-century English : ideology and change /
"The eighteenth century was a key period in the development of the English language, in which the modern standard emerged and many dictionaries and grammars first appeared. This book is divided into thematic sections which deal with issues central to English in the eighteenth century. These inc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Studies in English language.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The eighteenth century was a key period in the development of the English language, in which the modern standard emerged and many dictionaries and grammars first appeared. This book is divided into thematic sections which deal with issues central to English in the eighteenth century. These include linguistic ideology and the grammatical tradition, the contribution of women to the writing of grammars, the interactions of writers at this time and how politeness was encoded in language, including that on a regional level. The contributions also discuss how language was seen and discussed in public and how grammarians, lexicographers, journalists, pamphleteers and publishers judged on-going change. The novel insights offered in this book extend our knowledge of the English language at the onset of the modern period"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 426 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-402) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511932441 0511932448 0511781644 9780511781643 9781107686090 1107686091 |