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Author | : Marco Condorelli |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2022-04-07 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1009098144 |
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With a particular focus on the Early Modern English period, this book explores the standardisation of English spelling.
Author | : John H. Fisher |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2014-07-11 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0813148464 |
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Language scholars have traditionally agreed that the development of the English language was largely unplanned. John H. Fisher challenges this view, demonstrating that the standardization of writing and pronunciation was, and still is, made under the control of political and intellectual forces. In these essays Fisher chronicles his gradual realization that Standard English was not a popular evolution at all but was the direct result of political decisions made by the Lancastrian administrations of Henry IV and Henry V. To achieve standardization and acceptance of the vernacular, these kings turned to their Chancery scribes, who were responsible for writing and copying legal and royal documents. Chaucer, a relative of the king, began to be labeled by the government as a master of the language, and it was Henry V who inspired the fifteenth-century tradition of citing Chaucer as the "maker" of English. An even more important link between language development and government practice is the fact that Chaucer himself composed in the English of the Chancery scribes. Fisher discusses the development of Chancery practices, royal involvement in promoting use of the vernacular, Chaucer's use of English, Caxton's use of Chancery Standard, and the nineteenth-century phenomenon of a standard, or "received," pronunciation of English. This engaging and clearly written work will change the way scholars understand the development of English and think about the intentional shaping of our language.
Author | : Linda Pillière |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2018-03-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1108128971 |
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This path-breaking study of the standardisation of English goes well beyond the traditional prescriptivism versus descriptivism debate. It argues that the way norms are established and enforced is the result of a complex network of social factors and cannot be explained simply by appeals to power and hegemony. It brings together insights from leading researchers to re-centre the discussion on linguistic communities and language users. It examines the philosophy underlying the urge to standardise language, and takes a closer look at both well-known and lesser-known historical dictionaries, grammars and usage guides, demonstrating that they cannot be simply labelled as 'prescriptivist'. Drawing on rich empirical data and case studies, it shows how the norm continues to function in society, influencing and affecting language users even today.
Author | : Linda Pillière |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2018-03-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 110719105X |
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Leading researchers shed new light on the history of the standardisation of English.
Author | : Richard Hogg |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2008-03-17 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1139451294 |
Download A History of the English Language Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The history and development of English, from the earliest known writings to its status today as a dominant world language, is a subject of major importance to linguists and historians. In this book, a team of international experts cover the entire recorded history of the English language, outlining its development over fifteen centuries. With an emphasis on more recent periods, every key stage in the history of the language is covered, with full accounts of standardisation, names, the distribution of English in Britain and North America, and its global spread. New historical surveys of the crucial aspects of the language are presented, and historical changes that have affected English are treated as a continuing process, helping to explain the shape of the language today. This complete and up-to-date history of English will be indispensable to all advanced students, scholars and teachers in this prominent field.
Author | : Marco Condorelli |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2022-04-07 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1009090747 |
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The standardisation of English spelling that resulted from the advent of printing is one of the most fascinating aspects of the history of English. This pioneering book explores new avenues of investigation into spelling development by looking at the Early Modern English period, when irregular features across graphemes became standardised. It traces the development of the English spelling system through a number of 'competing' standards, raising questions about the meaning of 'standardisation'. It introduces a new model for the analysis of large-scale graphemic developments from a diachronic perspective, and provides a new empirical method geared specifically to the study of spelling standardisation between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The method is applied to four interconnected case studies, focusing on the standardisation of positional spellings, i and y, etymological spelling and vowel diacritic spelling. This book is essential reading for researchers of writing systems and the history of English.
Author | : Merja Kytö |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 1092 |
Release | : 2016-05-03 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1316472914 |
Download The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
English historical linguistics is a subfield of linguistics which has developed theories and methods for exploring the history of the English language. This Handbook provides an account of state-of-the-art research on this history. It offers an in-depth survey of materials, methods, and language-theoretical models used to study the long diachrony of English. The frameworks covered include corpus linguistics, historical sociolinguistics, historical pragmatics and manuscript studies, among others. The chapters, by leading experts, examine the interplay of language theory and empirical data throughout, critically assessing the work in the field. Of particular importance are the diverse data sources which have become increasingly available in electronic form, allowing the discipline to develop in new directions. The Handbook offers access to the rich and many-faceted spectrum of work in English historical linguistics, past and present, and will be useful for researchers and students interested in hands-on research on the history of English.
Author | : Christiane Meierkord |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2012-04-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0521192285 |
Download Interactions Across Englishes Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The global spread of English has resulted in contact with an enormous variety of different languages worldwide, leading to the creation of many new varieties of English. This book takes an original look at what happens when speakers of these different varieties interact with one another.
Author | : Raymond Hickey |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0521763894 |
Download Standards of English Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes' with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed.
Author | : Dieter Stein |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2012-10-25 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110864282 |
Download Towards a Standard English Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.