Watching English Change : An Introduction to the Study of Linguistic Change in Standard Englishes in the 20th Century

Name: Watching English Change:An Introduction to the Study of Linguistic Change in Standard Englishes in the 20th Century
ISBN: 9781315844169

doi:10.4324/9781315844169

Book

ABSTRACT

Examines the ways language has changed in the twentieth century. It concentrates on standard English and takes a historical rather than sociolinguistic view of the changes which have occurred.

Watching English Change

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|28 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|21 pages

Lexical change

chapter 3|43 pages

Grammatical change

chapter 4|38 pages

Sound change

chapter 5|23 pages

Other changes

chapter 6|26 pages

Theoretical perspective