The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 1: Context, Contact and Development - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Laura Wright (Editor), Raymond Hickey (Editor)Series:The New Cambridge History of the English LanguagePublish date:10/30/2025Pages:896
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009205689ISBN-10:1009205684UPC:9781009205689Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:LinguisticsBook Topic:Historical & ComparativeSize:8.60 x 6.00 x 2.00 inchesWeight:3.4039Product ID:SCZXGH5M0X
The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 1: Context, Contact and Development
This volume investigates the Indo-European and Germanic background to the English language, looking at how inherited elements of phonology and morphology survived into the Old English period. It then considers various kinds of contact between the first speakers of English and speakers of Celtic, Latin and Scandinavian, under different sociolinguistic circumstances. The manner in which initial...
Series: The New Cambridge History of the English Language
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009205689ISBN-10:1009205684UPC:9781009205689Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:LinguisticsBook Topic:Historical & ComparativeSize:8.60 x 6.00 x 2.00 inchesWeight:3.4039Product ID:SCZXGH5M0X
Wright, Laura: - Laura Wright is Professor of the History of the English Language at the University of Cambridge. Among her recent publications are The Multilingual Origins of Standard English (2020), Sunnyside: A Sociolinguistic History of British House Names (2020), The Social Life of Words (2023) and English Grammar for Literature Students (2024).Hickey, Raymond: - Raymond Hickey is Adjunct...
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