Momma / Matto A Companion to the History of the English Language

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0286-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 592 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture

A Companion to the History of the English Language addressesthe linguistic, cultural, social, and literary approaches tolanguage study. The first text to offer a complete survey of thefield, this volume provides the most up-to-date insights of leadinginternational scholars.
* An accessible reference to the history of the Englishlanguage
* Comprises more than sixty essays written by leadinginternational scholars
* Aids literature students in incorporating language study intotheir work
* Includes an historical survey of the English language, from itsGermanic and Indo- European beginnings to modern British andAmerican English
* Enriched with maps, diagrams, and illustrations from historicalpublications
* Introduces the latest scholarship in the field

Autoren/Hrsg.

Momma, Haruko

Matto, Michael

Über Autor(innen)

Haruko Momma is Associate Professor of English at New YorkUniversity. She is the author of The Composition of Old EnglishPoetry (1997) and From Philology to English Studies:Language and Culture in the Nineteenth Century (2009).
Michael Matto is Assistant Professor of English andDirector of Writing Programs at Adelphi University. He haspublished articles on Old English language, literature, andculture, and is currently editing (with Greg Delanty) a collectionof new literary translations of Old English poems (2009).