牛津英語語言史

內容介紹

本書闡釋了英語的演變過程，由十四篇專題文章組合而成，各章節大致以歷史時序排列，在內容上又相對獨立。參與創作的十四位專家大多是在各自研究領域具有相當影響力的知名教授。一卷在手，便能對一千五六百年的英語變遷歷史有一個全面的了解，同時也為後續更深入的研究打下堅實的基礎。

作品目錄

List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsKey to Phonetic SymbolsIntroduction: A History of EnglishLynda Mugglestone1. Preliminaries: Before EnglishTerry Hoad2. Beginnings and Transitions: Old EnglishSusan lrvine3. Contacts and Conflicts: Latin, Norse, and FrenchMatthew Townend4. Middle English--Dialects and DiversityMarilyn Corrie5. From Middle to Early Modern EnglishJeremy J. Smith6. Restructuring Renaissance EnglishApril McMahon7. Mapping Change in Tudor EnglishTerttu Nevalainen8. The Babel of Renaissance EnglishPaula Blank9. English at the Onset of the Normative TraditionIngrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade10. English in the Nineteenth CenturyLynda Mugglestone11. Modern Regional English in the British IslesClive Upton12. English Among the LanguagesRichard W. Bailey13. English World-wide in the Twentieth CenturyTom McArthur14. Into the Twenty-first CenturyDavid CrystalA Chronology of EnglishNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsReferencesIndex