Introduction to Early Modern English

by Manfred Görlach

The period between 1500 and 1700 was the most decisive one in the formation of standard modern English, yet no really comprehensive account of Early Modern English has been available. Manfred Görlach's Introduction to Early Modern English fills a very real need. It provides a thorough and linguistically informed synchronic description of Early Modern English, dealing with its varieties, with writing and orthography, phonetics and phonology, syntax and the lexicon, including sections on problems of language contact and the lexicographical tradition. In addition, it provides a valuable anthology of texts from a wide range of the texts exemplify features from Early Modern English discussed in the main body of the book, and have also been effectively chosen so as to provide something of the cultural background to the processes of linguistic changes of the period.

Genres: Nonfiction

488 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Mina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had to read to German version for my oral.
I didn't like that some things were expressed in a very complicated way. Even for someone who is not new to EME like me things were just really confusing sometimes.
What I liked was the appendix of authentic texts and that the authour chose a lot of examples from the text.