Title: English historical linguistics : an international handbook /
Authors: Bergs, Alexander.; Brinton, Laurel J.
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton,
Year: 2012
Subjects: English language History Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Historical linguistics Handbooks, manuals, etc.; English language History; Historical linguistics.
Abstract: "This book: give a comprehensive and descriptive overview of the entire language history of English ; illustrates and discusses current trends, theories, and methods of the field ; contains an overview of the history of historical linguistics as a discipline as well ; has more than 100 articles with general introductions to the different subjects which are intelligible to all ; includes an extensive index."--Publisher's website.
Contents: Periods. Periods: Pre-Old English ; Periods: Old English ; Periods: Middle English ; Periods: Early Modern English ; Periods: Late Modern English ; Periods: Contemporary English. -- Linguistic Levels. Linguistic Levels: Phonology ; Linguistic Levels: Prosody ; Linguistic Levels: Morphology ; Linguistic Levels: Syntax ; Linguistic Levels: Semantics and lexicon ; Linguistic Levels: Idioms and fixed expressions ; Linguistic Levels: Pragmatics and discourse ; Linguistic Levels: Onomastics ; Linguistic Levels: Orthography ; Linguistic Levels: Styles, registers, genres, text types. -- Old English. Old English: Phonology ; Old English: Morphology ; Old English: Syntax ; Old English: Semantics and lexicon ; Old English: Pragmatics and discourse ; Old English: Dialects ; Old English: Language contact ; Old English: Standardization ; Old English: Literary language. --^