LINGUIST List 15.1185

Mon Apr 12 2004

Books: Language Description: English: Gramley/White

Editor for this issue: Neil Salmond <neillinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. kkaneta, A Survey of Modern English: Gramley
2. kkaneta, Words and their Uses, Past and Present: White

		
Title: A Survey of Modern English
			
Publication Year: 2003
Publisher:	Routledge (Taylor and Francis) 
		http://www.routledge.com/
			
Author: Stephan Gramley, Bielefeld University 
Author: Kurt-Michael Paetzold, Bielefeld University 

Paperback: ISBN: 0415300355, Pages: 416, Price: U.S. $: 31.95


Abstract:
			
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of this authoritative
guide to modern English is a comprehensive, scholarly and systematic
review of modern English. In one volume, the book presents a
description of both the linguistic structure of present-day English
and its geographical, social, gender and ethnic variations.

Covering new developments such as the impact of email on language, and
corpus-based grammars, the second edition of this accessible text has
been extensively re-written and brings the survey of modern English
right up to date. Offering new examples and suggestions for further
reading, the book is essential reading for all students of English
language and linguistics.


Lingfield(s):	Language Description 	
			 
Written In: English (Language Code: English)

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Title: Words and their Uses, Past and Present
Subtitle: American English 1781-1921
Series Title: History and Development of World Englishes 

Publication Year: 2003
Publisher:	Routledge (Taylor and Francis)
		http://www.routledge.com/ 

Author: Richard Grant White 

Hardback: ISBN: 0415279674, Pages: 500, Price: U.S. $ 200.00 

			
Abstract:

America's geographical separation from Britain, combined with a range
of fresh experiences and contacts, led to the emergence of a new
vocabulary and a distinct style of the English language. The
development of American English attracted the attention of
educationalists and philologists, and this collection reprints a wide
range of source texts written on the subject between 1781 and
1921. Bringing together a selection of the most important texts in an
accessible form for the first time, this comprehensive eight-volume
set is of key importance to scholars and students interested in
researching the historical development of English in America.

Available individually, or as part of the eight-volume set American
English: 1781-1921. For a complete list of volume titles in this set,
see list for American English: 1781-1921 [ISBN: 0-415-27964-X].


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

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