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Early Modern English / Charles Barber.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1997Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748608355
  • 9780748687541
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823 23
LOC classification:
  • PR4168 .B373 2005
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Phonetic Symbols -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1. Varieties of Early Modem English -- 2. Attitudes to English -- 3. Phonology -- 4. Grammar: (1) Morphology -- 5. Grammar: (2) Syntax -- 6. The Expanding Vocabulary -- 7. Changes of Meaning -- Appendix: Further Passages for Study -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Now available in a completely revised edition, this book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 - the different varieties of the language, the attitudes of its speakers towards it, its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. It will be useful to serious students of the history of English and takes full account of those readers who are mainly interested in the literature of the period by providing plenty of references to literary works and authors.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748687541

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Phonetic Symbols -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1. Varieties of Early Modem English -- 2. Attitudes to English -- 3. Phonology -- 4. Grammar: (1) Morphology -- 5. Grammar: (2) Syntax -- 6. The Expanding Vocabulary -- 7. Changes of Meaning -- Appendix: Further Passages for Study -- Select Bibliography -- Index

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Now available in a completely revised edition, this book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 - the different varieties of the language, the attitudes of its speakers towards it, its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. It will be useful to serious students of the history of English and takes full account of those readers who are mainly interested in the literature of the period by providing plenty of references to literary works and authors.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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