English in Modern Times: 1700-1945 (Hodder Arnold Publication)

English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course of this later modern English period that the characteristics of 'modern' English evolved.
Content: 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.
Abstract: English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course of this later modern English period that the characteristics of 'modern' English evolved