Isbn: 9780231137942 - inventing english: a portable history of the language (29 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Presents a history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. The author describes the differences between English and American usage and, the link between regional dialect and race, class, and gender. He discusses contact with foreign languages, the Internet, and e-mail continue to shape English for future generations. …

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Presents a history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. The author describes the differences between English and American usage and, the link between regional dialect and race, class, and gender. He discusses contact with foreign languages, the Internet, and e-mail continue to shape English for future generations. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: As New. Signed Copy . Like New dust jacket. Signed by author on title page.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780231137942.…

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, some marginal pencil marks else a very good tightly bound copy in a very well preserved pictorial dust jacket, viii + 305pp.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover, with dust jacket. 305 pages. Text in English. Clean, tight and fresh copy with minimal signs of use to the dust jacket. Why is there such a striking difference between English spelling and English pronunciation? How did our seemingly relatively simple grammar rules develop? What are the origins of regional dialect, literary language, and everyday speech, and what do they have to do with you? Seth Lerer's Inventing English is a masterful, engaging history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. Many have written about the evolution of our grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Lerer situates these developments in the larger history of English, America, and literature. Lerer begins in the seventh century with the poet Caedmon learning to sing what would become the earliest poem in English. He then looks at the medieval scribes and poets who gave shape to Middle English. He finds the traces of the Great Vowel Shift in the spelling choices of letter writers of the fifteenth century and explores the achievements of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of 1755 and The Oxford English Dictionary of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He describes the differences between English and American usage and, through the example of Mark Twain, the link between regional dialect and race, class, and gender. Finally, he muses on the ways in which contact with foreign languages, popular culture, advertising, the Internet, and e-mail continue to shape English for future generations. Each concise chapter illuminates a moment of invention-a time when people discovered a new form of expression or changed the way they spoke or wrote. In conclusion, Lerer wonders whether globalization and technology have turned English into a world language and reflects on what has been preserved and what has been lost. A unique blend of historical and personal narrative, Inventing English is the surprising tale of a language that is as dynamic as the people to whom it belongs. 777g.…

Zustand: New. pp. 320.

Zustand: New. Presents a history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. The author describes the differences between English and American usage and, the link between regional dialect and race, class, and gender. He discusses contact with foreign languages, the Internet, and e-mail continue to shape English for future generations. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576. . 2007. 0th Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Zustand: very good. Gebunden. Sofortversand aus Deutschland. Artikel wiegt maximal 1000g. Schnitt verfärbt. Schutzumschlag. 306 Seiten. Seiten leicht gebräunt.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Why is there such a striking difference between English spelling and English pronunciation How did our relatively simple grammar rules develop What are the origins of regional dialect, literary language, and everyday speech, and what do they have to do with you Based on the enormous success of his video and lecture series and the widespread popularity of his public speaking events, Seth Lerer's 'Inventing English' is a masterful, engaging history of a language constantly in flux. Many scholars and journalists have written about the changing nature of our grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Lerer situates these developments in the larger history of English, reconstructing an epic tale of creation, celebration, and reinvention. Lerer begins in the seventh century with the poet Caedmon teaching himself to sing our earliest poem in English. Then, we meet the scribes of Peterborough Abbey, who recorded changing grammar. The Great Vowel Shift can be traced to the spelling choices of personal letter writers in the fifteenth-century, and in 1755, Samuel Johnson produced his Dictionary. Lerer describes the differences between English and American usage and the link between regional dialect and race, class, and gender. He tells his own story of growing up in an immigrant community in Brooklyn, torn between a desire to'better'himself through proper English and his love for the melodic, Italian-Yiddish mash-ups of his childhood. Contact with foreign languages, popular culture, advertising, the Internet, and e-mail continue to shape English for future generations. In conclusion, Lerer wonders whether globalization and technology have turned English into a world language and reflects on what has been preserved and what has been lost.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New. Why is there such a striking difference between English spelling and English pronunciation? How did our relatively simple grammar rules develop? What are the origins of regional dialect, literary language, and everyday speech, and what do they have to do wi.