The Linguistics of the History of English

Name: The Linguistics of the History of English
Brand: Springer International Publishing AG

Springer International Publishing AG

The Linguistics of the History of EnglishAuthor(s): Remco Knooihuizen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9783031416910, 978-3031416910\nSynopsis\nThis textbookapproaches the history of English from a theoretical perspective. The book provides a brief chronological overview describing the way in which the English language has changed over time from Old English to Modern English, while subsequent parts adopta theoretical focus that is thematically organised to deal with the question of how and why English changed in the way it did, including a part addressing some specific contact-induced changes and key topics such as English as a Lingua Franca. Supported throughout with information boxes with empirical studies, the examples given are all drawn from English, but boxes with examples from other languages tie the development of the English language into changes in other contexts and settings. This book i.