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Author Beal, Joan C.

Title English in modern times, 1700-1945 [electronic resource] / Joan C. Beal.

Imprint London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Description xvi, 264 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and indexes.
Contents Modern English and modern times -- The vocabulary of later modern English -- Recording and regulating the lexicon : dictionaries from Dr. Johnson to the Oxford English dictionary -- Syntactic change in later modern English -- Grammars and grammarians -- Phonological change in later modern English -- Defining the standard of pronunciation : pronouncing dictionaries and the rise of RP -- Beyond standard English : varieties of English in the later modern period.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject English language -- History.
English language -- Grammar, Historical.
English language -- Standardization.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Cover Title English in modern times
ISBN 0340761172

 
    
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