A social history of English /
Dick Leith.
- Second edition.
- x, 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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 -- Emergence and consolidation -- Languages in contact -- Standardisation and writing -- Changing patterns of usage -- Words and meanings -- Grammar -- Pronunciation -- Imposition and spread -- The imposition of English in the British Isles -- English as an international language -- Evidence, interpretation and theory -- 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. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. 5. Pt. III. 6. 7. Pt. IV. 8.
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English language--Social aspects English language--History