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- ISBN
- 9780231174473
- Subject Area
- Foreign Language Study, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
- Publication Name
- Inventing English : a Portable History of the Language, Revised and Expanded Edition
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Subject
- Old & Middle English, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Semiotics & Theory, Linguistics / General, Linguistics / Etymology
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Type
- Language Course
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Features
- Revised
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 18.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Seth Lerer tells a masterful history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. Many have written about the evolution of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Lerer situates these developments within the larger history of English, America, and literature. This edition features a new chapter on the influence of biblical translation and an epilogue on the relationship of English speech to writing. A unique blend of historical and personal narrative, Inventing English is the surprising tale of a language that is as dynamic as the people to whom it belongs.
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Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231174470
ISBN-13
9780231174473
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Product Key Features
Publication Name
Inventing English : a Portable History of the Language, Revised and Expanded Edition
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Subject
Old & Middle English, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Semiotics & Theory, Linguistics / General, Linguistics / Etymology
Publication Year
2015
Type
Language Course
Subject Area
Foreign Language Study, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
LCCN
2015-012065
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Pe1075.L47 2015
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
"A personal, selective, and impassioned journey through the history of English."-Times Higher Education Supplement"An invigorating read for the mind and the mouth."-Bloomsbury Review"Lerer not only navigates the shifting currents and boiling rapids of English, but also explores its secret coves."-Advocate"[A] remarkable linguistic investigation."-Booklist"Written with real authority, enthusiasm, and love for our unruly and exquisite language."-Washington Post"The book percolates with creative energy and will please anyone intrigued by how our richly variegated language came to be."-Publishers Weekly"Erudite and accessible."-Globe & Mail"An unusual linguistic and literary feast."-Michigan Quarterly Review, "A personal, selective, and impassioned journey through the history of English."--Times Higher Education Supplement"An invigorating read for the mind and the mouth."--Bloomsbury Review"Lerer not only navigates the shifting currents and boiling rapids of English, but also explores its secret coves."--Advocate"[A] remarkable linguistic investigation."--Booklist"Written with real authority, enthusiasm, and love for our unruly and exquisite language."--Washington Post"The book percolates with creative energy and will please anyone intrigued by how our richly variegated language came to be."--Publishers Weekly"Erudite and accessible."--Globe & Mail"An unusual linguistic and literary feast."--Michigan Quarterly Review
Table of Content
A Note on Texts and Letter Forms Preface to the Revised Edition Introduction: Finding English, Finding Us 1. Caedmon Learns to Sing: Old English and the Origins of Poetry 2. From Beowulf to Wulfstan: The Language of Old English Literature 3. In This Year: The Politics of Language and the End of Old English 4. From Kingdom to Realm: Middle English in a French World 5. Lord of This Langage: Chaucer's English 6. I Is as Ille as a Millere Are Ye: Middle English Dialects 7. The Great Vowel Shift and the Changing Character of English 8. Chancery, Caxton, and the Making of English Prose 9. I Do, I Will: Shakespeare's English 10. A Universal Hubbub Wild: New Words and Worlds in Early Modern English 11. Visible Speech: The Orthoepists and the Origins of Standard English 12. A Harmless Drudge: Samuel Johnson and the Making of the Dictionary 13. Horrid, Hooting Stanzas: Lexicography and Literature in American English 14. Antses in the Sugar: Dialect and Regionalism in American English 15. Hello, Dude: Mark Twain and the Making of the American Idiom 16. Ready for the Funk: African American English and Its Impact 17. Pioneers Through an Untrodden Forest: The Oxford English Dictionary and Its Readers 18. Listening to Private Ryan: War and Language 19. He Speaks in Your Voice: Everybody's English 20. Faith in English: Vernacular Devotion and Biblical Translation Epilogue: The Talk and the Text Appendix: English Sounds and Their Representation Glossary References and Further Reading Acknowledgments Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition Index
Copyright Date
2015
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