Nineteenth-century English

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Label

Nineteenth-century English

Statement of responsibility

Richard W. Bailey

Title variation

19th century English

Creator

• Bailey, Richard W

Subject

• English language -- Great Britain -- 19th century
• English language -- United States -- 19th century
• English language -- 19th century

Language

eng

Summary

Six aspects of nineteenth-century English are treated in separate chapters: writing, sounds, words, slang, grammar, and voices. In each domain, innovation and obsolescence are discussed as they were observed by contemporary writers. Thus Bailey shows how linguistic details gained powerful social meaning in the emergent stratification by class, region, race, and gender of the anglophone community. An abundance of quotations provides insight into the way English was used. Illustrations and drawings from nineteenth-century sources show how English looked and how people envisioned themselves using the language. Nineteenth-Century English will be of interest to historians of English language and literature and scholars in cultural studies, anthropology, and linguistics as well as the general reader

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

420/.9/09034

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PE1085

LC item number

.B35 1996

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography