The Cambridge history of the English language : Volume IV 1776-1997 / edited by, Suzanne Romaine and Richard M. Hogg.
Publication details: Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, c1992-2001.Description: xix, 783 p . : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780521264778
- 0521264774 (v. 4)
- 420.9 22 THE
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Contents
1 : Introduction
1.1 From old English to New Englishes : unity in diversity?
1.2 1776 and after : an age of revolutions and empires
1.3 Shifting centres of gravity and the notion of a common core
1.4 Language, nation, and identity : staking a claim on the past and future
1.5 Conclusion : a remarkable success story?
2 : Vocabulary
2.1 The study of the English vocabulary
2.2 The growth of the vocabulary
2.3 Creating a source of new words
2.4 Shifting as a source of new words
2.5 Shortening as a source of new words
Etc.
3 : Syntax
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The noun phrase
3.3 The verbal group
3.4 Elements of the clause
3.5 Structure of the clause
Etc.
4 : Onomastics
4.1 Sources for British names
4.2 Scholarship
4.3 Personal names
4.4 Surnames
4.5 Place-names
Etc.
5 : Phonology
5.1 The soundscapes of the eighteenth and neineteenth centuries
5.2 The historical sources and their interpretations
5.3 Methods of phonetic/ Phonological analysis
5.4 Standards and styles of pronunciation
5.5 Vowel Systems
Etc.
6 : English Grammer and Usage
6.1 Introduction
6.2 First period : mid-eighteenth century-1830
6.3 Second period : 1830-1930
6.4 Third period : 1930-present
6.5 Conclusions and prospects
7 : Literary Language
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Breaking the standard
7.3 Breaking the pentameter
7.4 The breaking of hypotaxis
7.5 The problem of metaphor
Etc.
IncludesGlossary p. 693-707, bibliographical references p. 708-761 and index p. 762-783
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