Title: Standardizing English : Essays in the History of Language Change, in Honor of John Hurt Fisher : (Tennessee Studies in Literature, 0031)
Publisher: University of Tennes
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
ISBN 10: 087049600X
ISBN 13: 9780870496004
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Eight British and American linguistics and literary historians investigate facets of the English language in texts ranging from Old English legal documents to recent recordings of Black American speech in Texas. Each essay addresses some aspect of the language's tendency toward standardization. Not indexed. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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