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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Keith Johnson (University of Lancaster, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.310kg ISBN: 9781032229898ISBN 10: 1032229896 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 12 March 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface 1. English: the Ancestral Trail William Jones and the Indo-European family of languages 2. Putting English on the Map Alfred the Great and the establishment of English Interlude 1 What OE was like: the nun, the devil, and a lettuce 3. Simplifying English Samuel Moore and the case of the disappearing inflections 4. Standardising written English Henry V and Chancery English Interlude 2 What ME was like: a gat-toothed wife 5. Enriching English Thomas Elyot, Thomas Wilson and a proliferation of new words 6. ‘Worshipping the English’ Richard Mulcaster and his Elementarie Interlude 3 What EModE was like: hands red with blood 7. Fixing the language Samuel Johnson and his Dictionary 8. Crossing the Atlantic Noah Webster and American English 9. Going beyond the Standard William Barnes and the Dorset dialect 10. A ‘dictionary of all English’ James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary 11. The spread of English Braj Kachru and his concentric circles 12. What next? David Crystal and the future of English IndexReviewsAuthor InformationKeith Johnson is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Language Education at Lancaster University, UK. He is author of The History of Early English and The History of Late Modern Englishes, both published by Routledge. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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