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A History of English

A Sociolinguistic Approach

Fennell, Barbara

Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics

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1. Auflage Dezember 2000
304 Seiten, Softcover
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ISBN: 978-0-631-20073-4
John Wiley & Sons

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A History of English provides an intelligent and accessible synthesis of modern sociolinguistic approaches to the development of the English Language.

A History of English provides an intelligent and accessible synthesis of modern sociolinguistic approaches to the development of the English Language.

Part I: Introduction:.

Part II: The Pre-History of English:.

Part III: Old English 450-1100:.

Part IV: Middle English:.

Part V: Early Modern English:.

Part VI: Present Day English:.

Part VII: English In The United States:.

Part VIII: World-Wide English:.

Bibliography.

Index.
"[Fennell] gives an excellent account of the global spread of modern English." Times Higher Education Supplement

"Offers an excellent background in the history of the world's second language." Geolinguistics
Barbara A. Fennell is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Aberdeen. She is the author of Language, Literature and the Negotiation of Identity (1998).

B. Fennell, University of Aberdeen