The Cambridge History of the English Language, Volume 4Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, Suzanne Romaine, Roger Lass, R. W. Burchfield Volume 3, 1476-1776: This volume begins at the time of the establishment of Caxtons first press in England and concludes with the American Declaration of Independence, the notional birth of the first (non-insular) extraterritorial English. It encompasses three centuries which saw immense cultural change over the whole of Europe: the late middle ages, the renaissance, the reformation, the enlightenment, and the beginnings of romanticism. During this time, Middle English became Early Modern English and then developed into the early stages of indisputably modern, if somewhat old-fashioned, English. In this book, the distinguished team of six contributors traces these developments, covering orthography and punctuation, phonology and morphology, syntax, lexis and semantics, regional and social variation, and the literary language. The volume also contains a glossary of linguistic terms and an extensive bibliography. |
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... noun phrase 96 3.3 The verbal group 130 3.4 Elements of the clause 212 3.5 Structure of the clause 235 3.6 Composite sentences 255 Notes 312 Textual sources 323 Further reading 326 4 ONOMASTICS Richard Coates 330 Preamble 330 4.1 ...
... noun phrase 96 3.3 The verbal group 130 3.4 Elements of the clause 212 3.5 Structure of the clause 235 3.6 Composite sentences 255 Notes 312 Textual sources 323 Further reading 326 4 ONOMASTICS Richard Coates 330 Preamble 330 4.1 ...
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