《从古代英语到标准英语》是“当代国外语言学与应用语言学文库”系列丛书之一。本书以历史文本为基础，通过对历史文本的介绍、阐释和评论，描述英语的演变。 This practical and informative course book is a fascinating, visual volume which leads the student through the development of the language from Old English, through Middle and Early Modern English to the establishment of standard english in the eighteenth century. At the core of this subatantially expanded second edition lies a series of nearly 200 historical texts, of which more than half are reproduced in facsimile. and which illustrate the progressive changes in the language. The book is firmly based upon linguistic description. with commentaries which form a series of case studies demonstrating the evidence for language change at every level-handwriting, spelling, punctuation. vocabulary, grammar and meaning. Such a wealth of texts, as well as the structured activities and the various case studies, allow the ovlune to be used not only as a stimulating course text., guiding students through the analysis of data. but also as a comprehensive resourec book and invaluable reference tool for teachers and students at all levels. Dennis Freeborn was formerly Head of English Language and Linguistics at the University College of Ripon York St John. and Chief examiner in A-level English L anguage. ULEAC. He is now Director of York English Language Studies Associates (YELSA). providing A-level Englihsh language teaching materiabssand in-service courses.
Preface by Halliday
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Preface to the second edition
Acknowledgements
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Texts and facsimiles
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS BROUGHT TO BRITAIN
3 OLD ENGLISH(I)
4 OLD ENGLISH(II)
5 FROM OLD ENGLISH TO MIDDLE ENGLISH
6 EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH-12th CENTURY
7 EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH-13th CENTURY
8 NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN TEXTS COMPARED
9 THE 14th CENTURY-SOUTHERN AND KENTISH DIALECTS
10 THE 14th CENTURY-NORTHERN DIALECTS
11 THE 14th CENTURY-NEST MIDLANDS DIALECTS
12 THE 14th CENTURY-EAST MIDLANDS AND LONDON DIALECTS
13 THE LONDON DIALECT-CHAUCER,LATE 14th CENTURY
14 EARLY MODERN ENGLISH I-THE 15th CENTURY
15 EARLY MODERN ENGLISH II-THE 16th CENTURY(i)
16 EARLY MODERN ENGLISH III-THE 16th CENTURY(ii)
17 EARLY MODERN ENGLISH IV-THE 17th CENTURY(i)
18 EARLY MODERN ENGLISH V-THE 17th CENTURY(ii)
19 MODERN ENGLISH-THE 18th CENTURY
20 FROM OLD ENGLISH TO MODERN ENGLISH-COMPARING HISTORICAL TEXTS
21 POSTSCRIPT I-TO THE PRESENT DAY
22 POSTSCRIPT II-ENGLISH SPELLING TODAY:A SUMMARY
23 POSTSCRIPT III-THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH SPELLING:A SUMMARY
Bibliography
Index
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装 帧：平装
页 数：484
开 本：16
正文语种：英语
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