English Historical Sociolinguistics

by Robert McColl Millar

Book Overview

Sociolinguistics provides a powerful instrument by which we can interpret the contemporary and near-contemporary use of language in relation to the society in which speakers live. Almost since the beginning of the discipline, however, attempts have been made to extrapolate backwards and interpret past linguistic change sociolinguistically. Some of these findings have influenced the discussion of the history of the English language as portrayed in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748641807
• ISBN13: 9780748641802
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher