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Author:

Beal, Joan C.

Title:

English in modern times : 1700-1945 / Joan C. Beal.

Publisher:

Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press,
Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xvi, 264 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English language--18th century
English language--19th century.
English language--20th century

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and index.

Contents:

Modern English and modern times -- The vocabulary of later modern English -- Recording and regulating the lexicon : dictionaries from Dr. Johnson to the Oxford English dictionary -- Syntactic change in later modern English -- Grammars and grammarians -- Phonological change in later modern English -- Defining the standard of pronunciation : pronouncing dictionaries and the rise of RP -- Beyond standard English : varieties of English in the later modern period.

ISBN:

9780340761175
0340761172

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56813207

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)