An introduction to late modern English

• Main Author: Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
• Series: Edinburgh textbooks on the English language.
• Subjects: English language > 18th century.; English language > 19th century.; English language > Social aspects. > 18th century; English language > Social aspects. > 19th century; Language and culture > History > 18th century. > England; Language and culture > History > 19th century. > England; English literature > Criticism, Textual. > 18th century; English literature > Criticism, Textual. > 19th century; English language.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General. > Linguistics; Soziolinguistik.; Engels.; Englisch.; Electronic books.; Einführung.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 166 p.) : ill.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780748625970 (Cloth); 0748625976 (Cloth); 9780748631308 (electronic bk.); 0748631305 (electronic bk.)

Some twenty years ago it was widely believed that nothing much happened to the English language since the beginning of the eighteenth century. Recent research has shown that this is far from true, and this book offers an introduction to a period that forms the tail end of the standardisation process (codification and prescription), during which important social changes such as the Industrial Revolution are reflected in the language. Late Modern English is currently receiving a lot of scholarly attention, mainly as a result of new developments in sociohistorical linguistics and corpus linguisti.