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History of English textbook
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| Author: | Ocke-Schwen Bohn | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Applied Linguistics
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| Summary: |
Some time ago (actually, quite some time ago, I apologize for the delay) I asked for advice on a textbook that could be used for a one-semester, 3-hour course on the history of English. Thanks to all those who responded: S. Burt A. Faber M. Cruz-Ferreira E. Lavin M. Lisecki N. Maynor M. McGinnis M. Picard I. Piller L. Pickering I. Plag T. Pulju D. Ruuskanen S. Schaufele C. Scott K. Smith P. Tan K. Ward The input was very helpful, particularly because many respondents supplied comments on their recommendations. The most frequently recommended textbook was Pyles, T. & Algeo, J., 1993, The origins and developments of the English language: NY: HBJ (currently in its fourth edition, first published 1964) A very strong point in favor of this book is the workbook that accompanies it. I have used it previously and found it an excellent source for exercises. The one reason why I never used Pyles & Algeo is its structure: It covers the history of English by periods, which is somewhat disruptive to the way I like to present the development in each of the areas (phonetics & phonology, morphosyntax, lexicon) separately over the whole history of English. There were four more books that were also recommended with some frequency: Millward, L., 1989, A biography of the English language. NY: HRW Freeborn, D., 1992, From Old English to Standard English. London: MacMillan Barber, C., 1993, The English language: A historical introduction. Cambridge: CUP Baugh, A. C. & Cable, T., 1993, A history of the English language. London: Routledge (currently in its fourth edition, first published 1951) Another six books were recommended by one respondent each. Apart from Strang (1970), these are not textbooks that could be used for the type of course I am teaching. However, they do contain material which could be used to supplement a textbook. Strang, 1970, A history of English. London: Routledge Leith, D., 1998, A social history of English. London: Routledge Machan, & Scott, English in it social contexts. Cambridge: CUP Trask, R., Language change. London: Routledge Crystal, D., 1995, The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English laguage. Cambridge:CUP Thanks again and godt nytaar Ocke Bohn Prof. Dr. Ocke-Schwen Bohn PLEASE NOTE NEW PHONE AND FAX NUMBER AS OF 20 AUGUST 1999 Institut for Engelsk Filologi Aarhus Universitet DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark Phone: +45-8942-6525 Fax: +45-8942-6540 e-mail: engosb@hum.aau.dk |
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| LL Issue: | 10.1957 | |
| Date Posted: | 18-Dec-1999 | |
| Original Query: | Read original query | |
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