Description
| Product ID: | 9783631560044 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Textbooks in English Language and Linguistics (TELL) |
| Title: | Introduction to the History of English |
| Authors: | Author: Thomas Kohnen, Magnus Huber |
| Page Count: | 207 |
| Subjects: | Historical and comparative linguistics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval |
| Description: | This introduction to the history of English includes chapters on language change, the Indo-European background of English, and on Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and Late Modern English. It offers information about the socio-historical background, the core areas of linguistic structure, discourse, speech acts and genres. This book is written for students of English who are interested in the history of the language and would like to read an accessible but also comprehensive and reasonably detailed introduction. Apart from basic information about language change and the Indo-European background of English, it gives an outline of the major periods of the language (Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and Late Modern English), with a brief examination of the perspectives of present-day English. Each period chapter provides information about the socio-historical background, the core areas of linguistic structure, discourse, speech acts and genres, and concludes with study questions and exercises. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang AG |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-03-19 |
