An introduction to early modern English - Nevalainen, Terttu 1952- (Edinburgh University Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references and index
List of figures and tables; To readers; 1 The Early Modern English period; 2 Sources for the study of Early Modern English; 3 Towards a standard language; 4 Old words and loan words; 5 Word-formation and semantic change; 6 Nouns and pronouns; 7 Verbs, adjectives and adverbs; 8 Syntactic structures; 9 Changing pronunciation; 10 Language in the community; Appendix 1 Mini-corpus of Early Modern English texts; References; Index
An introduction to Early Modern English, this book helps students of English and linguistics to place the language of the period 1500-1700 in its historical context as a language with a common core; but also as one which varies across time, regionally and socially, and according to register
Keywords: 1500 - 1700; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; English language / Early modern; Englisch; Linguistik; English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700; Frühneuenglisch; Lehrbuch