LINGUIST List 11.1743

Mon Aug 14 2000

Books: History of English, Grammar of Dutch

Editor for this issue: Scott Fults <scottlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Joyce Reid, Historical Ling: The Cambridge History of the English Language
2. Joyce Reid, A Reference Grammar of Dutch, C. Fehringer

The Cambridge History of the English Language
Volume 3: 1476-1776
Editor
Roger Lass, University of Cape Town

This volume of the Cambridge History of the English Language
encompasses three centuries of immense cultural change, from Caxton in
the late Middle Ages to the American Declaration of Independence and
the beginnings of Romanticism. During this period, Middle English
became Early Modern English and then developed into the early stages
of indisputably "modern" English. This book traces developments in
orthography and punctuation, phonology and morphology, syntax, lexis
and semantics, regional and social variation, and the literary
language. It also contains a glossary of linguistic terms and an
extensive bibliography.

Contributors:
Roger Lass, Vivian Salmon, Matti Rissanen, Terttu Nevalainen, Manfred
G�rlach, Sylvia Adamson

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction Roger Lass; 2. Orthography and punctuation Vivian
Salmon; 3. Phonology and morphology Roger Lass; 4. Syntax Matti
Rissanen; 5. Lexis and semantics Terttu Nevalainen; 6. Regional and
social variation Manfred G�rlach; 7. Literary language Sylvia Adamson;
Glossary of linguistic terms; Bibliography.

The Cambridge History of the English Language
2000/794 pp./3 maps
0-521-26476-6/Hb/List: $125.00 LDisc.: $100.00


AVAILABLE FOR REVIEWS

A Reference Grammar of Dutch
With Exercises and Key
Carol Fehringer, University of Newcastle, UK


A Reference Grammar of Dutch is aimed at English-speaking students of
Dutch at beginner/intermediate level. It is designed to be practical
and user-friendly: it is arranged alphabetically to allow for quick
and easy access and linguistic terminology is kept to a minimum, with
a glossary provided. Examples are taken from modern, everyday Dutch,
and numerous charts and tables help the student focus on the main
points. Each entry is linked to a set of exercises, and a key to the
exercises and a comprehensive index are provided.


Table of Contents:
List of grammatical terms; How to use this book; Didactic guide for
beginners; List of entries; List of tables; Reference grammar;
Exercises; Key to the exercises; Appendix; Index.

1999/210 pp./48 tables/80 exercises^L
0-521-64253-1/Hb/List: $74.95 Disc.: $59.96
0-521-64521-2/Pb/List: $27.95 Disc.: $22.36