Author : Charles Noble
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484202664
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)
Book Synopsis The Story of English Speech, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by : Charles Noble
Download or read book The Story of English Speech, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Noble and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of English Speech, Vol. 1 His book is an attempt to put into a small volume the material wanted for my Freshman English work in the History of the Language. What has been done in this field so well by Lounsbury, Emerson, Bradley, Sweet and others, is appre ciated, and there is no thought, particularly, of improving upon their work. What I wanted was something like their books, but briefer, combined with an outline of the more important forms of the West Saxon and the Middle English grammar, and a number of short selections which should show the development of the language, like Cor son's handbook, but much less extended. I have tried also, to emphasize as well as I could, the close relation be tween language development, literary conditions, and social and political movements. This is, to me, far the most interesting phase of the subject, and the one that is most likely to awaken a vital interest in the student and correlate the work in language with other studies. To acknowledge my indebtedness to other writers would be simply to name, in addition to those already referred to, every thing on the general subject upon which I have been able to lay hands. To Professor Ansley, of the State University of Iowa, Professor Robinson, of Harvard Uni versity, and Dr. Craigie, of the New English Diction ary, Oxford, I am indebted for kindly reading and criti cising the manuscript at different stages of its growth. Probably, in spite of the care that has been taken, many mistakes will appear; and if any, outside of my classes, read the book I shall be very grateful for their criticisms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.