English in modern times, 1700-1945 - Beal, Joan C. (London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, 2004)
Modern English and modern times -- The vocabulary of later modern English -- Recording and regulating the lexicon : dictionaries from Dr. Johnson to the Oxford English dictionary -- Syntactic change in later modern English -- Grammars and grammarians -- Phonological change in later modern English -- Defining the standard of pronunciation : pronouncing dictionaries and the rise of RP -- Beyond standard English : varieties of English in the later modern period.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and indexes.
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Keywords: English language -- History; English language -- Grammar, Historical; English language -- Standardization; Electronic books