A social history of English / Dick Leith.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Edition: Second editionDescription: x, 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415164567
- 9780415164566
- 0415097975
- 9780415097970
- 420.9
- PE1075. L44 1997
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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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