Social History of English
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition: 2
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publish date: 08/01/1997
Description:
This history of the English language utilizes the techniques, insights and concerns of sociolinguistics to describe language standardization, pidginism, bi- and multi-lingualism and the issues of language maintenance, language loyalty and linguistic variation.
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This new edition has been fully revised including: updated information about "New Englishes" in different parts of the world, a selection of texts from Anglo-Saxon to the present, a theoretical postscript outlining some problems in writing the history of English and topics for further study. All terms and concepts are explained as they are introduced, and linguistic examples are chosen for their accessibility and intelligibility to the general reader.
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Returnable at the third party seller's discretion and may come without consumable supplements like access codes, CD's, or workbooks.
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