TY - BOOK AU - Mair,Christian TI - Twentieth-century English: history, variation, and standardization SN - 0521832195 (hbk.) AV - PE1087 .M35 2006 U1 - 420.904 MAI 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - 20th century KW - Standardization KW - Variation KW - Linguistic change KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-241) and index; 1. Setting the scene; 2. Ongoing language change: problems of detection and verification; 3. Lexical change in twentieth-century English; 4. Grammatical changes in twentieth-century English; 5. Pronunciation; 6. Language change in context: changing communicative and discourse norms in twentieth-century English; 7. Conclusion UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2007295520-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2007295520-t.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/2007295520-b.html ER -