English in modern times, 1700-1945
By: Joan C. Beal.
Publisher: Arnold; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: English language -- History.; English language -- Grammar, Historical.; English language -- Standardization.
Other titles: English in modern times
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Modern English and modern times; title: The vocabulary of later modern English; title: Recording and regulating the lexicon : dictionaries from Dr. Johnson to the Oxford English dictionary; title: Syntactic change in later modern English; title: Grammars and grammarians; title: Phonological change in later modern English; title: Defining the standard of pronunciation : pronouncing dictionaries and the rise of RP; title: Beyond standard English : varieties of English in the later modern period.