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Twentieth-Century Englosh

Paperback • 2006 • English

Twentieth-Century Englosh: History, Variation and Standardization

By Christian Mair

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About the book

Standard English has evolved and developed in many ways over the past hundred years. From pronunciation to vocabulary to grammar, this concise survey clearly documents the recent history of Standard English. Drawing on large amounts of authentic corpus data, it shows how we can track ongoing changes to the language, and demonstrates each of the major developments that have taken place. As well as taking insights from a vast body of literature, Christian Mair presents the results of his own cutti...Show more

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ISBN

9780521115834

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

Twentieth-Century Englosh

Format

Paperback

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