The Cambridge History of the English Language, Volume 4Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, Suzanne Romaine, Roger Lass, R. W. Burchfield Cambridge University Press, 1992 - 783 pages Volume 3, 1476-1776: This volume begins at the time of the establishment of Caxtons first press in England and concludes with the American Declaration of Independence, the notional birth of the first (non-insular) extraterritorial English. It encompasses three centuries which saw immense cultural change over the whole of Europe: the late middle ages, the renaissance, the reformation, the enlightenment, and the beginnings of romanticism. During this time, Middle English became Early Modern English and then developed into the early stages of indisputably modern, if somewhat old-fashioned, English. In this book, the distinguished team of six contributors traces these developments, covering orthography and punctuation, phonology and morphology, syntax, lexis and semantics, regional and social variation, and the literary language. The volume also contains a glossary of linguistic terms and an extensive bibliography. |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the English Language, Volume 4 Cambridge history ebook collection Volume 4 of The Cambridge History of the English Language 6 Volume Hardback Set The Cambridge History of the English Language, Richard M. Hogg, ISBN 0521807581, 9780521807586 |
| Editors | Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, Suzanne Romaine, Roger Lass, R. W. Burchfield |
| Contributor | John Algeo |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0521264774, 9780521264778 |
| Length | 783 pages |
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