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Seth Lerer tells a masterful history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. Many have written about the evolution of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Lerer situates these developments within the larger history of English, America, and literature. This edition features a new chapter on the influence of biblical translation and an epilogue on the relationship of English speech to writing. A unique blend...
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Publication Date
2003
Physical Desc
x, 205 p., [1] leaf of plates : facsim. ; 24 cm.
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An enquiry into the use and status of English in medieval England, this text is concerned with English relative to French and Latin and its regional and social varieties in relation to each other. It examines medieval views of language and the significance of English and how these shaped its use.
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Publication Date
1999
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xiv, 525 p. ; 24 cm.
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Between the beginnings of European lexicography and 1700, many glossaries and dictionaries were arranged not according to the alphabet, but in a topical order which followed the influential paradigms of theology, philosophy, and natural history at that time. Together with related text genres like treatises on terminology, didactic dialogues, and thesauri, they constitute the topical (or onomasiological) tradition which is an important lexicographical...
