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'This second edition … retains the outstanding features of the first edition – it covers all the topics relevant to a study of the history of English. In addition, the second edition brings with it a new rigour and a fuller and more careful and detailed account of, in particular, spelling and speech sounds, grammar, dialects and standardisation. I congratulate the author on the improvements made in this second edition.' – Sue Powell, University of Salford, UK
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Whilst maintaining the accessibility for the beginner, the level of this second edition has been raised by the addition of much more detail, a greater focus on theories and controversies, and a clearer route to key works in the field. History of English:
- examines the history of the English language in order to explain the English that is used today
- introduces key linguistic concepts
- provides 'discussion points' to generate debate
- involves readers in collecting and analyzing their own data
- contains a 'mini-corpus' of texts, used for exercises and to illustrate points raised in the commentary.
Revised throughout, this updated edition contains a new internet resource section and an updated further reading section, to help readers take their study further.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
An extremely poor Kindle conversion. It's hard to believe that the publishers have the cheek to charge for rubbish like this. The formattig is all messed up, many of th especial characters are not reproduced correctly, and the exercises are given in images with unreadable text.
The content of the printed version is excellent, but the Kindle version is unreadable.
The content of the printed version is excellent, but the Kindle version is unreadable.
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5 Sep 2011
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This is one of the poorest Kindle conversions I have ever seen. Almost none of the original book's formatting has been preserved, and some text has been rendered as barely-legible pictures. You're better off getting the print version and scanning it in yourself.
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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15 Mar 2000
Format:Paperback
Suppose you want to find out about the Great Vowel Shift, a rather significant event in the history of English. You find two references in the index (frustratingly, under 'Speech Sounds'). On looking at these, you discover (a) they refer to each other, and (b) consist of misunderstood, and non-representative, examples.
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