The handbook of the history of English
By: edited by Ans van Kemenade and Bettelou Los.
Contributors: Kemenade, Ans van, 1954-; Los, Bettelou.
Series: Blackwell handbooks in linguistics
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 655
ISBN-13: 9780631233442
Subjects: English language -- History
Description: "The Handbook of the History of English is a collection of articles written by leading specialists in the field that focus on the theoretical issues behind the facts of the changing English language. organizes the theoretical issues behind the facts of the changing English language innovatively and applies recent insights to old problems surveys the history of English from the perspective of structural developments in areas such as phonology, prosody, morphology, syntax, semantics, language variation, and dialectology offers readers a comprehensive overview of the various theoretical perspectives available to the study of the history of English and sets new objectives for further research."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.