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A Companion to the History of the English Language
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9781444302868
Umbreit-Nr.: 3658646
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 736 S., 5.48 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 18.11.2009
Auflage: 1/2009
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Format: PDF
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <i>A Companion to the History of the English Language</i> addresses the linguistic, cultural, social, and literary approaches to language study. The first text to offer a complete survey of the field, this volume provides the most up-to-date insights of leading international scholars.<ul><li>An accessible reference to the history of the English language</li><li>Comprises more than sixty essays written by leading international scholars</li><li>Aids literature students in incorporating language study into their work</li><li>Includes an historical survey of the English language, from its Germanic and Indo- European beginnings to modern British and American English</li><li>Enriched with maps, diagrams, and illustrations from historical publications</li><li>Introduces the latest scholarship in the field</li></ul>
- Autorenportrait
- <b>Haruko Momma</b> is Associate Professor of English at New York University. She is the author of<i>The Composition of Old English Poetry</i> (1997) and<i>From Philology to English Studies: Language and Culture in the Nineteenth Century</i> (2009).<br /><p><b>Michael Matto</b> is Assistant Professor of English and Director of Writing Programs at Adelphi University. He has published articles on Old English language, literature, and culture, and is currently editing (with Greg Delanty) a collection of new literary translations of Old English poems (2009).</p>