TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bergs,Alexander
AU  - Brinton,Laurel
AU  - Brinton,Laurel J.
AU  - Claridge,Claudia
AU  - Closs Traugott,Elizabeth
AU  - Curzan,Anne
AU  - Grijzenhout,Janet
AU  - Hough,Carole
AU  - Jucker,Andreas H.
AU  - Kastovsky,Dieter
AU  - Knappe,Gabriele
AU  - Lange,Claudia
AU  - Minkova,Donka
AU  - Rutkowska,Hanna
AU  - Trousdale,Graeme
TI  - The History of English
T2  - Mouton Reader
SN  - 9783110522389
U1  - 420.9 23/eng/20231120
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton
KW  - English language
KW  - History
KW  - Old English, ca. 450-1100
KW  - Grammar
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Early Modern English
KW  - English historical linguistics
KW  - Middle English
KW  - Old English
N1  - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Abbreviations --; Chapter 1: Introduction --; Chapter 2: Periodization in the History of the English Language --; Chapter 3: Phonology --; Chapter 4: Prosody --; Chapter 5: Morphology --; Chapter 6: Syntax --; Chapter 7: Semantics and Lexicon --; Chapter 8: Idioms and Fixed Expressions --; Chapter 9: Pragmatics and Discourse --; Chapter 10: Onomastics --; Chapter 11: Orthography --; Chapter 12: Styles, Registers, Genres, Text Types --; Chapter 13: Standards in the History of English --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English and explores key questions and debates. A re-evaluation of the concept of periodization is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional linguistic areas – phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics – and chapters on prosody, idioms, fixed expressions, onomastics, orthography, register, and standardization, among others; This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English, organized by linguistic level, and it explores key questions and debates. Individual chapters are written by recognized experts in the field. The volume begins with a re-evaluation of the concept of periodization in the history of English. This is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional areas of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics as well as chapters covering areas less often treated in histories of English, including prosody, idioms and fixed expressions, pragmatics and discourse, onomastics, orthography, style/register/text types, and standardization
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110525281
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110525281
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110525281/original
ER  -