LINGUIST List 14.1390

Thu May 15 2003

Books: Hist/Socioling: Nevalainen, Raumolin-Brunberg

Editor for this issue: Marisa Ferrara <marisalinguistlist.org>

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1. natalie.wood, Historical Sociolinguistics: Nevalainen, Raumolin-Brunberg

Title: Historical Sociolinguistics
Series Title: Longman Linguistics Library
			
Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Pearson Longman 
 http://www.pearsoneduc.com/discipline.asp?d=LG
			
 
Author: Prof Terttu Nevalainen
Author: Dr Helena Raumolin-Brunberg				

Paperback: ISBN: 0582319943, Pages: 605, Price: �30.99
			
Abstract:

This volume presents a sociolinguistic perspective on the history of
the English language. Based on original empirical research, it
discusses the social factors that promoted linguistic changes in
earlier English, and the people who were the leading force behind
them. The authors focus on the major grammatical developments that
shaped the language in Tudor and Stuart times, the period that laid
the foundations for modern Standard English.

Nevalainen and Raumolin-Brunberg adopt an interdisciplinary approach,
exploring the extent to which sociolinguistic models and methods can
be applied to the history of English.

Lingfield(s): Sociolinguistics
		Historical Linguistics
	
Subject Language(s): English (Language code: ENG)
 
Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)


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