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African American Vernacular origins debate
Alfred Baugh
Author_Albert Baugh
Author_Albert C. Baugh
Author_Thomas Cable
Category=CBX
corpus analysis
dialect variation
English Language
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Foreign influences in old english
historical linguistics
History English Literature
History of English in America
History of the English Language
language change theory
Middle english
Old English
phonological evolution
Renaissance English
sociolinguistics
Thomas Cable
twenty first century english
Product details
- ISBN 9780415655958
- Weight: 1020g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 05 Sep 2012
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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A History of the English Language explores the linguistic and cultural development of English from the Roman conquest of England to the present day to provide a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of its history. This best-selling classic textbook has been revised and updated and encourages the reader to develop both an understanding of present-day English and an enlightened attitude toward the issues affecting the language today.
New features of the sixth edition include:
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- an additional chapter titled ‘English in the Twenty-first Century’, which examines the future of English and other global languages and includes an assessment of Chinese as a world language
- an in-depth treatment of phonological changes, such as the placement of the Great Vowel Shift as a bridge between Middle English and Renaissance English
- further coverage of corpus linguistics, especially for Renaissance English
- fresh sections on accent and register
- a new survey of the recent debate between "creolists" and "neo-Anglicists" on the origins of African American Vernacular English.
Balanced and wide-ranging, this textbook is a must-read for any student studying the history of the English language
Albert C. Baugh was Schelling Memorial Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA
Thomas Cable is Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, USA
