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Contemporary English

A Personal Speech Record

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  1. W. E. Collinson

    1. University of Liverpool, UK

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-V
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-7

  3. Childhood

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    Pages 7-15

  4. Early Boyhood

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    Pages 15-22

  5. Dulwich College

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    Pages 22-29

  6. Influences During Adolescence

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    Pages 30-60

  7. Changing Fashions

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    Pages 60-64

  8. Publicity and its Linguistic Influence

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    Pages 64-68

  9. Music Halls and Theatres

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    Pages 68-74

  10. Crime and Punishment

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    Pages 74-79

  11. Politics

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    Pages 79-89

  12. Modern Houses

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    Pages 89-91

  13. War Words

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    Pages 91-104

  14. Modern Psychology

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    Pages 104-108

  15. The Sexes

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    Pages 108-110

  16. Commerce

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    Pages 110-112

  17. Various Inventions

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    Pages 112-113

  18. The Cinema and Americanisms

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    Pages 113-115

  19. Some Present Tendencies

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    Pages 115-119

  20. Relation to Dialects and to the Foreigner

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    Pages 119-123
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Liverpool, UK

    W. E. Collinson

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Contemporary English

  • Book Subtitle: A Personal Speech Record

  • Authors: W. E. Collinson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-16196-7

  • Publisher: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 1927

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-663-15622-2Published: 01 January 1927

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-663-16196-7Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: V, 166

  • Topics: Germanic Languages, Historical Linguistics

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