The Crystal, David creator text bibliography nyu Woodstock Overlook Press 2004 monographic eng

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[viii], 584 p. ill., maps 24 cm. 1. The origins of Old English. The Celtic language puzzle -- 2. The Old English dialects. The rise and fall of West Saxon -- 3. Early lexical diversity. Understanding Danes -- 4. Stylistic variation in Old English. Grammatical transition -- 5. The transition to Middle English. Two Peterborough Chronicles -- 6. A trilingual nation. Lay Subsidy dialects -- 7. Lexical invasions. The first dialect story -- 8. Evolving variation. Well well -- 9. A dialect age. Where did the -s ending come from? -- 10. The emerging standard. Complaining about change -- 11. Printing and its consequences. The first English dictionary -- 12. Early modern English preoccupations. Choosing thou or you -- 13. Linguistic daring. Avoiding transcriptional anaemia -- 14. Dialect fallout. A beggarly portrayal -- 15. Stabilizing disorder. Delusions of simplicity -- 16. Standard rules. Glottal stops -- 17. New horizons. Tracking a change : the case of y'all -- 18. Linguistic life goes on. The grammatical heart of nonstandard English -- 19. And dialect life goes on. Dialect in Middle Earth -- 20. Times a-changin'. Appendix : The location of the towns and counties of England referred to in this book. David Crystal. Includes bibliographical references (p. [551]-560) and indexes. e-uk--- English language Variation English language History English language Dialects English language Great Britain English language Dialects Great Britain English language Variation Great Britain English language English-speaking countries English language Dialects English-speaking countries English language Variation English-speaking countries PE1074.7 .C79 2004 427 C9578s 1585676012 (alk. paper) 9781585676019 (alk. paper) 2004054727 1235637 QBI DLC 040610 20160527201019.0 285035