A Social History of the English Countryside

Village England: A Social History of the

📁 Village England: A Social History of the Countryside

✍ Trevor Wild 📂 Library 📅 2004 🏛 I.B.Tauris 🌐 English

The romantic imagery of village England and the prominence that this commands in English cultural identity is well known. Yet just how accurate is this notion of the rural idyll in which the organic nature of village life was gradually undermined, and destroyed, by social and economic factors? Trevo

The Death of Rural England: A Social His

📁 The Death of Rural England: A Social History of the Countryside since 1900

✍ Alun Howkins 📂 Library 📅 2003 🌐 English

Alun Howkins' panoramic survey is a social history of rural England and Wales in the twentieth century. He examines the impact of the First World War, the role of agriculture throughout the century, and the expectations of the countryside that modern urban people harbour. Howkins analyzes the role o

The Death of Rural England A Social Hi

📁 The Death of Rural England A Social History of the Countryside Since 1900

✍ Howkins, Alun 📂 Library 📅 2003 🌐 English

Alun Howkins' panoramic survey is a social history of rural England and Wales in the twentieth century. He examines the impact of the First World War, the role of agriculture throughout the century, and the expectations of the countryside that modern urban people harbour. Howkins analyzes the role o

The History of English in a Social Conte

📁 The History of English in a Social Context: A Contribution to Historical Sociolinguistics

✍ Dieter Kastovsky, Arthur Mettinger 📂 Library 📅 2000 🏛 De Gruyter Mouton 🌐 English

One of the most important factors in language change is synchronic variation due to social differences including gender-specific language use. The papers in the present volume all address this topic in connection with the history of English. They range from Chaucer's and Shakespeare's forms of addre

The History of English in a Social Conte

📁 The History of English in a Social Context: A Contribution to Historical Sociolinguistics

✍ Dieter Kastovsky (editor); Arthur Mettinger (editor) 📂 Library 📅 2000 🏛 De Gruyter Mouton 🌐 English

A Social History of English

📁 A Social History of English

✍ Mr Dick Leith, Dick Leith 📂 Library 📅 1997 🏛 Routledge 🌐 English

A Social History of English is a history of the English language that utilizes the techniques, insights and concerns of sociolinguistics. Written in a non-technical way, it takes into account standardization, pidginism, bi- and multi-lingualism and the issues of language maintenance, language loyalt

A Social History of the English Countryside

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