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English in modern times, 1700-1945 / Joan C. Beal.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: xvi, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0340761172
Other title:
  • English in modern times [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420/.9 22
LOC classification:
  • PE1075 .B36 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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