000			01035cam a2200169ua 4500
020			_a0748615245
082			_a820 _bNEV/I
100			_aNevalainen, Terttu
245	0	0	_aAn introduction to early modern English
260			_aEdinburgh _bEdinburgh University Press _c2006
300			_ax,176p.
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aAn introduction to Early Modern English, this book helps students of English and linguistics to place the language of the period 1500-1700 in its historical context as a language with a common core but also one which varies across time, regionally and socially, and according to register. The volume focuses on the structure of what contemporaries called the General Dialect--its spelling, vocabulary, grammar and punctuation--and on its dialectal origins. The book also discusses the language situation and linguistic anxieties in England at a time when Latin exerted a strong influence on the rising standard language.
650			_aEnglish literature
650	0		_aLiterature
942			_cBK
999			_c21145 _d21145