9781032129716-1032129719-Introducing the History of the English Language

Introducing the History of the English Language

ISBN-13: 9781032129716
ISBN-10: 1032129719
Edition: 1
Author: Seth Lerer
Publication date: 2024
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Hardcover 300 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781032129716
ISBN-10: 1032129719
Edition: 1
Author: Seth Lerer
Publication date: 2024
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Hardcover 300 pages

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Introducing the History of the English Language (ISBN-13: 9781032129716 and ISBN-10: 1032129719), written by authors Seth Lerer, was published by Routledge in 2024. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Introducing the History of the English Language (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.82.

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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.

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