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Author Crystal, David, 1941-

Title The stories of English / David Crystal.

Publication Info. Woodstock : Overlook Press, 2004.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  420.9 CRYSTAL    Check Shelf
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Description vi, 584 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [551]-560) and indexes.
Contents 1. The origins of Old English. The Celtic language puzzle -- 2. The Old English dialects. The rise and fall of West Saxon -- 3. Early lexical diversity. Understanding Danes -- 4. Stylistic variation in Old English. Grammatical transition -- 5. The transition to Middle English. Two Peterborough Chronicles -- 6. A trilingual nation. Lay Subsidy dialects -- 7. Lexical invasions. The first dialect story -- 8. Evolving variation. Well well -- 9. A dialect age. Where did the -s ending come from? -- 10. The emerging standard. Complaining about change -- 11. Printing and its consequences. The first English dictionary -- 12. Early modern English preoccupations. Choosing thou or you -- 13. Linguistic daring. Avoiding transcriptional anaemia -- 14. Dialect fallout. A beggarly portrayal -- 15. Stabilizing disorder. Delusions of simplicity -- 16. Standard rules. Glottal stops -- 17. New horizons. Tracking a change : the case of y'all -- 18. Linguistic life goes on. The grammatical heart of nonstandard English -- 19. And dialect life goes on. Dialect in Middle Earth -- 20. Times a-changin'. Appendix : The location of the towns and counties of England referred to in this book.
Subject English language -- Variation.
English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries.
English language -- Dialects -- English-speaking countries.
English language -- English-speaking countries.
English language -- Variation -- Great Britain.
English language -- Dialects -- Great Britain.
English language -- Great Britain.
English language -- Dialects.
English language -- History.
ISBN 1585676012 paperback
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