The Oxford History of English

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Lynda Mugglestone (Professor of History of English, University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor in English at Pembroke College)

The Oxford History of English

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Lynda Mugglestone (Professor of History of English, University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor in English at Pembroke College)

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Oxford University Press
10 December 2012

linguistics; Historical & comparative linguistics; Literature: history & criticism

Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is now updated and entirely reset in a new edition featuring David Crystal's new take on the future of English in the wider world. In accounts made vivid with examples from a vast range of documentary evidence that includes letters, diaries, and private records, fifteen scholars trace the history of English from its ancient Indo-European origins to the present. They cover the language's versions, written and spoken, revel in its rich variety over fifteen centuries, and chart its varied progress nationally, regionally, and throughout the world. With scholarship at once impeccable and approachable, the authors describe and explain the constantly changing sounds, words, meanings, and grammar of English. This is a book for everyone interested in the language, present and past.

Edited by: Lynda Mugglestone (Professor of History of English University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in English at Pembroke College)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 144mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 738g
ISBN: 9780199660162
ISBN 10: 0199660166
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 10 December 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lynda Mugglestone: Introduction: A History of the English Language 1: Terry Hoad: Preliminaries: before English 2: Susan Irvine: Beginnings and Transitions: Old English 3: Matthew Townend: Contacts and Conflicts: Latin, Norse, and French 4: Marilyn Corrie: Middle English - dialects and diversity 5: Jeremy Smith: From Middle to Early Modern English 6: April McMahon: Restructuring Renaissance English 7: Terrtu Nevalainen: Mapping Change in Tudor English 8: Paula Blank: The Babel of Renaissance English 9: Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade: Speakers and Writers of Eighteenth-century English 10: Lynda Mugglestone: English in the Nineteenth Century 11: Clive Upton: Modern Regional English in the British Isles 12: Richard W. Bailey: English Among the Languages 13: Tom McArthur: English World-wide in the Twentieth Century 14: David Crystal: Into the Twenty-first Century TImeline Table of Phonetic Equivalents Glossary References Contributors Acknowledgements Index

Reviews for The Oxford History of English

`Review from previous edition a fascinating book to browse in' Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman `answer[s] the need for a history of English that is up-to-date, culturally sensitive, detailed and rigorous. Yet also, true to Emerson's philosophy, convey[s] some of the lustre, excitement and agony of the past.' Henry Hitchings, New Statesman `...this is an appealing volume... For those who wish to carry on after the first term or textbook...and those who are interested in getting a guided exposure to authentic text samples or in looking a little behind the scenes of scholarly argumentation, this is the work of choice.' English World-Wide, 29:1