The Resource The stories of English, David Crystal
The stories of English, David Crystal
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The item The stories of English, David Crystal represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- [viii], 584 p.
- Contents
-
- 1. The origins of Old English. The Celtic language puzzle
- 2. The Old English dialects. The rise and fall of West Saxon
- 3. Early lexical diversity. Understanding Danes
- 4. Stylistic variation in Old English. Grammatical transition
- 5. The transition to Middle English. Two Peterborough Chronicles
- 6. A trilingual nation. Lay Subsidy dialects
- 7. Lexical invasions. The first dialect story
- 8. Evolving variation. Well well
- 9. A dialect age. Where did the -s ending come from?
- 10. The emerging standard. Complaining about change
- 11. Printing and its consequences. The first English dictionary
- 12. Early modern English preoccupations. Choosing thou or you
- 13. Linguistic daring. Avoiding transcriptional anaemia
- 14. Dialect fallout. A beggarly portrayal
- 15. Stabilizing disorder. Delusions of simplicity
- 16. Standard rules. Glottal stops
- 17. New horizons. Tracking a change : the case of y'all
- 18. Linguistic life goes on. The grammatical heart of nonstandard English
- 19. And dialect life goes on. Dialect in Middle Earth
- 20. Times a-changin'. Appendix : The location of the towns and counties of England referred to in this book
- Isbn
- 9781585676019
- Label
- The stories of English
- Title
- The stories of English
- Statement of responsibility
- David Crystal
- Subject
-
- English language -- Dialects
- English language -- Dialects -- English-speaking countries
- English language -- Dialects -- Great Britain
- English language -- English-speaking countries
- English language -- Great Britain
- English language -- Dialects
- English language -- History
- English language -- Variation
- English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries
- English language -- Variation -- Great Britain
- English language -- History
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Crystal, David
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PE1074.7
- LC item number
- .C79 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- Label
- The stories of English, David Crystal
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [551]-560) and indexes
- Contents
- 1. The origins of Old English. The Celtic language puzzle -- 2. The Old English dialects. The rise and fall of West Saxon -- 3. Early lexical diversity. Understanding Danes -- 4. Stylistic variation in Old English. Grammatical transition -- 5. The transition to Middle English. Two Peterborough Chronicles -- 6. A trilingual nation. Lay Subsidy dialects -- 7. Lexical invasions. The first dialect story -- 8. Evolving variation. Well well -- 9. A dialect age. Where did the -s ending come from? -- 10. The emerging standard. Complaining about change -- 11. Printing and its consequences. The first English dictionary -- 12. Early modern English preoccupations. Choosing thou or you -- 13. Linguistic daring. Avoiding transcriptional anaemia -- 14. Dialect fallout. A beggarly portrayal -- 15. Stabilizing disorder. Delusions of simplicity -- 16. Standard rules. Glottal stops -- 17. New horizons. Tracking a change : the case of y'all -- 18. Linguistic life goes on. The grammatical heart of nonstandard English -- 19. And dialect life goes on. Dialect in Middle Earth -- 20. Times a-changin'. Appendix : The location of the towns and counties of England referred to in this book
- Control code
- 55729974
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- [viii], 584 p.
- Isbn
- 9781585676019
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004054727
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 1235637
- Label
- The stories of English, David Crystal
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [551]-560) and indexes
- Contents
- 1. The origins of Old English. The Celtic language puzzle -- 2. The Old English dialects. The rise and fall of West Saxon -- 3. Early lexical diversity. Understanding Danes -- 4. Stylistic variation in Old English. Grammatical transition -- 5. The transition to Middle English. Two Peterborough Chronicles -- 6. A trilingual nation. Lay Subsidy dialects -- 7. Lexical invasions. The first dialect story -- 8. Evolving variation. Well well -- 9. A dialect age. Where did the -s ending come from? -- 10. The emerging standard. Complaining about change -- 11. Printing and its consequences. The first English dictionary -- 12. Early modern English preoccupations. Choosing thou or you -- 13. Linguistic daring. Avoiding transcriptional anaemia -- 14. Dialect fallout. A beggarly portrayal -- 15. Stabilizing disorder. Delusions of simplicity -- 16. Standard rules. Glottal stops -- 17. New horizons. Tracking a change : the case of y'all -- 18. Linguistic life goes on. The grammatical heart of nonstandard English -- 19. And dialect life goes on. Dialect in Middle Earth -- 20. Times a-changin'. Appendix : The location of the towns and counties of England referred to in this book
- Control code
- 55729974
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- [viii], 584 p.
- Isbn
- 9781585676019
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004054727
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 1235637
Subject
- English language -- Dialects
- English language -- Dialects -- English-speaking countries
- English language -- Dialects -- Great Britain
- English language -- English-speaking countries
- English language -- Great Britain
- English language -- Dialects
- English language -- History
- English language -- Variation
- English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries
- English language -- Variation -- Great Britain
- English language -- History
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