The stories of English. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Crystal.
• Authors: Crystal, David, 1941-
• Contents: The origins of Old English : the Celtic language puzzle -- The Old English dialects : the rise and fall of West Saxon -- Early lexical diversity : understanding Danes -- Stylistic variation in Old English : grammatical transition -- The transition to Middle English : two Peterborough Chronicles -- A trilingual nation : Lay Subsidy dialects -- Lexical invasions : the first dialect story -- Evolving variation : well well -- A dialect age : where did the -s ending come from? -- The emerging standard : complaining about change -- Printing and its consequences : the first English dictionary -- Early modern English preoccupations : choosing thou or you -- Linguistic daring : avoiding transcriptional anaemia -- Dialect fallout : a beggarly portrayal -- Stabilizing disorder : delusions of simplicity -- Standard rules : glottal stops -- New horizons : tracking a change : the case of y'all -- Linguistic life goes on : the grammatical heart of nonstandard English -- And dialect life goes on : dialect in Middle Earth -- Times a-changin' -- Appendix: The location of the towns and counties of England referred to in this book.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Overlook Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 427; English language -- Variation; English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries; English language -- Dialects -- English-speaking countries; English language -- English-speaking countries; English language -- Variation -- Great Britain; English language -- Dialects -- Great Britain; English language -- Great Britain; English language -- Dialects; English language -- History; English language; English language -- Dialects; English language -- Variation; HISTORY / General; English-speaking countries; Great Britain; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781468306170; 1468306170; 9780141900704; 0141900709
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.