English in modern times, 1700-1945 [electronic resource] / Joan C. Beal.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: xvi, 264 p. : illOther title:- English in modern times [Cover title]
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- PE1075 .B36 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and indexes.
Modern English and modern times -- The vocabulary of later modern English -- Recording and regulating the lexicon : dictionaries from Dr. Johnson to the Oxford English dictionary -- Syntactic change in later modern English -- Grammars and grammarians -- Phonological change in later modern English -- Defining the standard of pronunciation : pronouncing dictionaries and the rise of RP -- Beyond standard English : varieties of English in the later modern period.
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