Studies in the History of the English Language III: Managing Chaos: Strategies for Identifying Change in English

The essays of this volume employ diverse strategies for conceptualizing the history of English as at once chaotic and yet amenable to circumscribed analyses that incorporate a broad view of language change. Several of the world's leading scholars of the English language contribute to the overall perspective that an elaboration of linguistic, cultural, and social contexts and a renewed emphasis on the concrete historical conditions of language change...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110190893
• ISBN13: 9783110190892
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary