Everyday English, 1500-1700: A Reader.Cusack, Bridget ed. Everyday English, 1500-1700: A Reader. Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as : The University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. Press, 1998. xviii + 350 pp. index. n.p. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0-472-06686-2. While Shakespeare's writings have provided one kind of information about the linguistic culture of the early modern period, this collection of non-literary texts provides a sense of "the language of the real-life people of the time." 64 early modern documents are grouped by what kind of information they record: "Abuse, Accounts, Depositions, Journals, Letters (grouped into men's and women's), Memoirs, Presentments and Wills." Documents are indexed not only alphabetically but also by date and area of production. The selected bibliography contains works related to early modern literacy, literary English, and the history of the English language English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers and Roman auxiliary troops from various parts of what is now northwest Germany and the Northern Netherlands. . |
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