English in Modern Times
English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course of this later modern English period that the characteristics of ''modern'' English evolved. This is the first undergraduate text to cover the whole of this important period, which has been called the ''Cinderella'' of English historical linguistics because of its lack...
English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course of this later modern English period that the characteristics of ''modern'' English evolved. This is the first undergraduate text to cover the whole of this important period, which has been called the ''Cinderella'' of English historical linguistics because of its lack...
