Binding: Paperback
Description: This essential new text provides a comprehensive modern account of how the English language originated developed changed and continues to morph into new forms in contemporary society. Introducing the History of the English Language first offers a rigorous approachable introduction to the building blocks of language itself and then traces English language usage's messy development in society beginning with its origins in the Indo - European language family and continuing chronologically through the Old Middle Modern and present - day forms. Seth Lerer deftly tells this story not as a tale of standards and authority but of differences and diversity. He draws on public and private literary sources from different regions and those in different social classes highlighting sources from women and people of color and introduces readers to the effects of technology on English and the politics of dialect and racial gender regional and class identity across these periods. Further this text extensively addresses the rich diversity of English varieties with innovative focused chapters dedicated to American English African American English Global English and Virtual English. Requiring no prior knowledge of language history or linguistics offering an array of supplemental activities as online support material and taking a socially motivated approach to pedagogy that seeks to generate productive reflection and discussion about language difference and politics this book enables and encourages the twenty - first century student in the United States to see their own language use as deeply implicated in power dynamics and social relationships.
Title: Introducing The History Of The English Language
Author(s): Lerer Seth
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032129693
Pages: 282 Pages, 5 Tables, Black And White; 7 Line Drawings, Black And White; 6 Halftones, Black And White
Publication Date: 1/29/2024
Category: Literary Studies: General