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A social history of English / Dick Leith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Edition: Second editionDescription: x, 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415164567
  • 9780415164566
  • 0415097975
  • 9780415097970
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.9
LOC classification:
  • PE1075. L44 1997
Contents:
List of figures -- List of tables -- Author's preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- Pt. I. Emergence and consolidation -- 1. Languages in contact -- 2. Standardisation and writing -- Pt. II. Changing patterns of usage -- 3. Words and meanings -- 4. Grammar -- 5. Pronunciation -- Pt. III. Imposition and spread -- 6. The imposition of English in the British Isles -- 7. English as an international language -- Pt. IV. Evidence, interpretation and theory -- 8. A critical linguistic history of English texts -- Theoretical postscript -- Exercises and topics for further study -- Appendix -- Notes and suggested reading -- Bibliography -- General index -- Index of words and forms.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 420.9 LEI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A286314B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-290) and index.

List of figures -- List of tables -- Author's preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- Pt. I. Emergence and consolidation -- 1. Languages in contact -- 2. Standardisation and writing -- Pt. II. Changing patterns of usage -- 3. Words and meanings -- 4. Grammar -- 5. Pronunciation -- Pt. III. Imposition and spread -- 6. The imposition of English in the British Isles -- 7. English as an international language -- Pt. IV. Evidence, interpretation and theory -- 8. A critical linguistic history of English texts -- Theoretical postscript -- Exercises and topics for further study -- Appendix -- Notes and suggested reading -- Bibliography -- General index -- Index of words and forms.

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