Description
Product ID: | 9780631200734 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics |
Title: | A History of English |
Subtitle: | A Sociolinguistic Approach |
Authors: | Author: Barbara Fennell |
Page Count: | 304 |
Subjects: | Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics, Historical & comparative linguistics, English |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This work presents a concise account of the history of the English language, from the point of view of current theories of language variation and change. It provides a socio-historical background for each period, followed by a discussion of its major linguistic developments. |
Imprint Name: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Publisher Name: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2000-12-28 |