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This Language, a River : A History of English by Susan M. Kim and K. Aaron Smith (2017, Trade Paperback)

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This Language, A River is an introduction to the history of English that recognizes multiple varieties of the language in both current and historical contexts.

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PublisherBroadview Press

ISBN-10155481362X

ISBN-139781554813629

eBay Product ID (ePID)24057272690

Product Key Features

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameThis Language, a River : a History of English

SubjectLinguistics / Historical & Comparative

Publication Year2017

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorSusan M. Kim, K. Aaron Smith

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviews"This Language, A River is an excellent resource for the evolving History of the English Language class, which must cover grammar fundamentals and linguistics in addition to the history of English. By combining lucid explanation with concrete examples and exercises, K. Aaron Smith and Susan M. Kim have written a text that helps students navigate language change through orthography, phonology, morphology, and syntax. This approach empowers students to play with language, encouraging them to make connections between grammar and semantics, prescriptive media and imaginative literature, and cultural invention and orthography. And by dedicating a majority of their text to pre-modern Englishes, Smith and Kim help students explore these connections in the 'strange' and 'unfamiliar' roots of our language." -- Sarah Breckenridge Wright, Duquesne University "This textbook confronts head-on the problems implicit in teaching the history of English to students, many of whom have not yet met linguistics or a millennium of history of either the language or its speakers. Straightforward prose, exercises interspersed strategically (with answers at the end), definitions of new terms when they first occur (as well as in an alphabetical listing at the end), a sampling of 'minor Englishes'--altogether a well-balanced introduction to English and its history. The authors' 'pleasure ... in the ways in which [their subject] brings together so many different kinds of intellectual work' is apparent from beginning to end." -- Robert Stevick, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington "K. Aaron Smith and Susan Kim have given us an HEL textbook for the 21st century in This Language, a River. Uncompromising in their dedication to linguistic rigor, the authors never lose sight of the needs of contemporary students as they fully explain and define key terms and concepts for the study of language. At the same time, they deftly interweave the internal and external histories of English to create a coherent diachronic narrative that details political, literary, cultural, and social aspects of language change. Students of literature will appreciate the authors' use of canonical texts to illustrate points of linguistic and cultural interest along the way, while exercises throughout each chapter offer opportunities for in-class activities or homework. In all, This Language, a River should serve today's HEL students and teachers well for years to come." -- Michael Matto, Adelphi University

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal420.9

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Preface: About This Book 1 Introduction 2 Grammar Fundamentals 3 Before English 4 Introduction to Phonetics and the International Phonetic Alphabet 5 Germanic 6 Four Important Terms and Concepts 7 Old English 8 Middle English 9 Early Modern English 10 The Modern Period and Global Englishes GlossaryAnswers to Exercises Works Cited and Bibliography Index

SynopsisThis Language, A Riveris an introduction to the history of English that recognizes multiple varieties of the language in both current and historical contexts. Developed over years of undergraduate teaching, the book helps students both to grasp traditional histories of English and to extend and complicate those histories. Exercises throughout provide opportunities for puzzling out concepts, committing terms and data to memory, and applying ideas. A comprehensive glossary and up-to-date bibliographies help to guide further study., A practical, student-centered, new History of English textbook that highlights the many varieties of historical English.