Historical Outlines from Sound to Text - Alexander Bergs - Bog

The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English and explores key questions and debates. A re-evaluation of the concept of periodization is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional linguistic areas ¿ phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics ¿ and chapters on prosody, idioms, fixed expressions, onomastics, orthography, register, and standardization, among others.