An Introduction to Late Modern English (Edinbur. Van-Ostade Hardcover**

An Introduction to Late Modern English\nby Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade\nTitle: An Introduction to Late Modern English\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Linguistics\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press\nPublication year: 2009\nISBN-13: 9780748625970\nISBN-10: 0748625976\nRRP: \u00A395.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nSome twenty years ago it was widely believed that nothing much happened to the English language since the beginning of the eighteenth century. Recent research has shown that this is far from true, and this book offers an introduction to a period that forms the tail end of the standardisation process (.