"This path-breaking study of the standardisation of English goes well beyond the traditional prescriptivism versus descriptivism debate. It argues that the way norms are established and enforced is the result of a complex network of social factors and cannot be explained simply …
Leading researchers shed new light on the history of the standardisation of English.
The English language is a subject of fascination for many people and is frequently the subject of lively debate in the media. In this book, Simon Horobin considers the rich history of the English language, before moving to discuss its role, status, and future.
"The English Language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today? In Do You Speak English? Simon Horobin investigates the evolution of the English language, examining how the …
A brief history of English syntax
by Fischer, Olga, De Smet, Hendrik, Wurff, Wim van der
A brief history of English syntax
by Fischer, Olga, De Smet, Hendrik, Wurff, Wim van der
A brief history of English syntax
by Fischer, Olga, De Smet, Hendrik, Wurff, Wim van der
A brief history of English syntax
by Fischer, Olga, De Smet, Hendrik, Wurff, Wim van der
En sus 1500 años de historia, el idioma inglés ha experimentado cambios gramaticales dramáticos. Este libro ofrece un relato completo y de fácil lectura de los principales acontecimientos, incluidos los cambios en el orden de las palabras, la frase del sustantivo y la frase verb…
A brief history of English syntax
by Fischer, Olga, De Smet, Hendrik, Wurff, Wim van der
La 4e de couv. indique : "In its 1,500-year history, the English language has seen dramatic grammatical changes. This book offers a comprehensive and reader-friendly account of the major developments, including changes in word order, the noun phrase and verb phrase, changing rel…
A brief history of English syntax
by Fischer, Olga, Wurff, Wim van der, Smet, Hendrik De
A brief history of English syntax
by Fischer, Olga, De Smet, Hendrik, Wurff, Wim van der
In its 1500-year history, the English language has seen dramatic grammatical changes. This book offers a comprehensive and reader-friendly account of the major developments, including changes in word order, the noun phrase and verb phrase, changing relations between clausal cons…
A brief history of English syntax
by Fischer, Olga, De Smet, Hendrik, Wurff, Wim van der
In its 1500-year history, the English language has seen dramatic grammatical changes. This book offers a comprehensive and reader-friendly account of the major developments, including changes in word order, the noun phrase and verb phrase, changing relations between clausal cons…
Studies in the history of the English language
by Fitzmaurice, Susan M., Minkova, Donka, Stockwell, Robert P., Curzan, Anne, Emmons, Kimberly, Cain, Christopher M., Russom, Geoffrey, Cloutier, Robert A., Hamilton-Brehm, Anne Marie, Kretzschmar, William A.,, Jr
fromTopics in English linguistics
This volume examines the emergence and spread of three types of complements from the Middle English period to the present day.
