English in Modern Times

by Joan C. Beal

Book Overview

English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course of this later modern English period that the characteristics of 'modern' English evolved. This is the first undergraduate text to cover the whole of this important period, which has been called the 'Cinderella' of English historical linguistics because of its lack of representation in scholarly literature.



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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340761172
• ISBN13: 9780340761175
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"