Studies in Late Modern English Correspondence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Studies in Late Modern English Correspondence write by Marina Dossena. This book was released on 2008. Studies in Late Modern English Correspondence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The studies presented in this volume concentrate on aspects of Late Modern English correspondence in the usage of individuals belonging to different social classes, writing for different purposes, and finding themselves in different social contexts, both in Britain and in its colonies. As the growing body of research published in recent years has shown, analysing the language of letters presents both a challenge and an opportunity to obtain access to as full a range of styles as would be possible for a period for which we only have access to the language in its written form. It is an area of study in which all the contributors have considerable expertise, which affords them to present data findings while discussing important methodological issues. In addition, in most cases data derive from specially-designed 'second-generation' corpora, reflecting state-of-the-art approaches to historical sociolinguistics and pragmatics. Theoretical issues concerning letters as a text type, their role in social network analysis, and their value in the identification of register or variety specific traits are highlighted, alongside issues concerning the (often less than easy) relationship between strictly codified norms and actual usage on the part of speakers whose level of education could vary considerably.
Letter Writing in Late Modern Europe
Letter Writing in Late Modern Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Letter Writing in Late Modern Europe write by Marina Dossena. This book was released on 2012. Letter Writing in Late Modern Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In recent years there has been a renewed interest in correspondence both as a literary genre and as cultural practice, and several studies have appeared, mainly spanning the centuries between Early and Late Modern times. However, it is between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the roots of contemporary usage begin to evolve, thanks to the circulation of new educational materials and more widespread schooling practices. In this volume, chapters representing diverse but complementary methodological approaches discuss linguistic and discursive practices of correspondence in Late Modern Europe, in order to offer material for the comparative, cross-linguistic analyses of patterns occurring in different social contexts. The volume aims to provide a general and solid methodological structure for the study of largely untapped language material from a variety of comparable sources, and is expected to appeal to scholars and students interested in the linguistic history of epistolary writing practices, as well as to all those interested in the more recent history of European languages.
Current Issues in Late Modern English
Current Issues in Late Modern English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Current Issues in Late Modern English write by Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade. This book was released on 2009. Current Issues in Late Modern English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Late Modern English, held at the University of Leiden in 2007.
Introduction to Late Modern English
Introduction to Late Modern English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Introduction to Late Modern English write by Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade. This book was released on 2009-05-12. Introduction to Late Modern English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Some twenty years ago it was widely believed that nothing much happened to the English language since the beginning of the eighteenth century. Recent research has shown that this is far from true, and this book offers an introduction to a period that forms the tail end of the standardisation process (codification and prescription), during which important social changes such as the Industrial Revolution are reflected in the language. Late Modern English is currently receiving a lot of scholarly attention, mainly as a result of new developments in sociohistorical linguistics and corpus linguistics. By drawing on such research the present book offers a much fuller account of the language of the period than was previously possible. It is designed for students and beginning scholars interested in Late Modern English. The volume includes: * a basis in recent research by which sociolinguistic models are applied to earlier stages of the language (1700-1900) * a focus on people as speakers (wherever possible) and writers of English* Research questions aimed at acquiring skills at working with important electronic research tools such as Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), the Oxford English Dictionary and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography* Reference to electronically available texts and databases such as Martha Ballard's Diary, the Proceedings of the Old Bailey and Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management.
Processes of Change
Processes of Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Processes of Change write by Sandra Jansen. This book was released on 2019-08-15. Processes of Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The present volume brings together leading scholars studying language change from a variety of sociolinguistic perspectives, complementing and enriching the existing literature by providing readers with a kaleidoscopic perspective of aspects of change in English from around 1700 until the present day. The volume presents a collection of in-depth studies on a broad spectrum of phonetic, lexical, grammatical and discourse variation, drawing on historical corpora, dictionaries, metalinguistic commentary, ego-documents, spoken language and survey data. Apart from advancing our knowledge of processes of language change in varieties of English, including British English, Irish English, Australian English, South African English, American English and Canadian English, the individual chapters contribute to the theoretical debates on variation and change in Late Modern as well as Present-day English.
