Early Modern English

Download or read book Early Modern English written by Charles Laurence Barber and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a completely revised edition, this book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 - the different varieites of the language, the attitudes of its speakers towards it, and its pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. It will be useful to serious students of the history of English and takes full account of those readers who are mainly interested in the literature of the period by providing plenty of references to literary works and authors.