English in modern times, 1700-1945 /
Beal, Joan C.
English in modern times, 1700-1945 / English in modern times Joan C. Beal. - London : New York : Arnold ; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, 2004. - xvi, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and indexes.
Modern English and modern times -- The vocabulary of later modern English -- Recording and regulating the lexicon : dictionaries from Dr. Johnson to the Oxford English dictionary -- Syntactic change in later modern English -- Grammars and grammarians -- Phonological change in later modern English -- Defining the standard of pronunciation : pronouncing dictionaries and the rise of RP -- Beyond standard English : varieties of English in the later modern period.
0340761172
2005295040
English language--History.
English language--Grammar, Historical.
English language--Standardization.
PE1075 / .B36 2004
420/.9
English in modern times, 1700-1945 / English in modern times Joan C. Beal. - London : New York : Arnold ; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, 2004. - xvi, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and indexes.
Modern English and modern times -- The vocabulary of later modern English -- Recording and regulating the lexicon : dictionaries from Dr. Johnson to the Oxford English dictionary -- Syntactic change in later modern English -- Grammars and grammarians -- Phonological change in later modern English -- Defining the standard of pronunciation : pronouncing dictionaries and the rise of RP -- Beyond standard English : varieties of English in the later modern period.
0340761172
2005295040
English language--History.
English language--Grammar, Historical.
English language--Standardization.
PE1075 / .B36 2004
420/.9