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Studying the history of early English / Simon Horobin.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Description: viii, 154 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780230551374 (hbk.)
  • 9780230551381 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.9 HOR-S
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Contents:
Studying language change -- Evidence -- Standardization -- Spellings and sounds -- The lexicon -- Morphology -- Corpus studies.
Summary: "This accessible book introduces students to the latest linguistic approaches and methodologies for studying the history of English. Horobin shows the importance of thinking about why, as well as how, language changes over time and includes practical information on gathering evidence alongside worked-through textual examples"--Provided by publisher.
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Book Book Institute of English General Stacks Institute of English 420.9 HOR-S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available ENG14695

Includes bibliographical references (p. [146]-151) and index.

Studying language change -- Evidence -- Standardization -- Spellings and sounds -- The lexicon -- Morphology -- Corpus studies.

"This accessible book introduces students to the latest linguistic approaches and methodologies for studying the history of English. Horobin shows the importance of thinking about why, as well as how, language changes over time and includes practical information on gathering evidence alongside worked-through textual examples"--Provided by publisher.

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