Author: Terttu Nevalainen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: english, modern, introduction
Number of Pages: 186
Published: 2006-03-16
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0195308476
ISBN-13: 9780195308471

An introduction to Early Modern English, this book helps students of English and linguistics to place the language of the period 1500-1700 in its historical context as a language with a common core but also one which varies across time, regionally and socially, and according to register. The volume focuses on the structure of what contemporaries called the General Dialect--its spelling, vocabulary, grammar and punctuation--and on its dialectal origins. The book also discusses the language situation and linguistic anxieties in England at a time when Latin exerted a strong influence on the risin

Authors:Terttu Nevalainen, Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen,
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Keywords: topics, current, benjamins, writing, letter
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2007-03-14
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 9027222312
ISBN-13: 9789027222312

Authors:Terttu Nevalainen, Irma Taavitsainen, Paivi Pahta, Mi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Keywords: variation, present, studies, past, language, evidence, linguistic, corpus, dynamics, english
Number of Pages: 339
Published: 2008-12-30
List price: $158.00
ISBN-10: 9027234825
ISBN-13: 9789027234827

Authors:Matti Rissanen, Ossi Ihalainen, Terttu Nevalainen,
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Keywords: linguistics, topics, english, historical, interpretations, englishes, new, methods, history
Number of Pages: 799
Published: 1992-09
List price: $269.00
ISBN-10: 3110132168
ISBN-13: 9783110132168

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on English Historical Linguistics. The conference was held at the University of Helsinki in May 1990 as one of the events of the 350th jubilee year of the University. The topics of the papers accepted for inclusion clearly show the increasing interest in geographical and social variation and in the detailed study of texts in English historical linguistics. It is also interesting to note that the former distinct borderline between historical linguistics and philology is disappearing. Although t

Author: Terttu Leney
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: complete, book, 2cds, courses, package, course, yourself, finnish, teach
Published: 2005-04-18
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0071451080
ISBN-13: 9780071451086

From Cantonese to Thai, Gaelic to Modern Persian, learning the languages of the world is attainable for any beginning student. Learners can use the Teach Yourself Complete Language Courses at their own pace or as a supplement to formal courses. All Teach Yourself Complete Language Courses include: Up-to-date, graded interactive dialogues Graded units of culture notes, grammar, and exercises Step-by-step guides to pronunciation Practical vocabulary Regular and irregular verb tables A bilingual glossary A clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout Self-assessment quizzes to test progress Fully