TY - BOOK AU - Beal,Joan C. TI - English in modern times, 1700-1945 SN - 0340761172 AV - PE1075 .B36 2004 U1 - 420/.9 22 PY - 2004/// CY - London, New York PB - Arnold, Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press KW - English language KW - History KW - Grammar, Historical KW - Standardization N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0627/2005295040-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1302/2005295040-b.html ER -