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Publication details [#18151]

Bailey, Richard W. 1996. Nineteenth-century English. University of Michigan Press. viii + 372 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and society | language change | language shift

Language as a subject

English, Old

ISBN

0-472-08540-9

Annotation

This book traces the influence of nineteenth-century cultural and economic transformations (industrialization, urbanization, bilingualism, and growing literacy) on the English language.

Reviewed by

Finegan, Edward. 2000. Review of $Nineteenth-century English.