| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 312 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Pragmatics & beyond new series, 0922-842X ; v. 183 |
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 183
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| Contents |
The language of daily life in the history of English : studying how macro meets micro / Minna Palander-Collin, Minna Nevala, Arja Nurmi -- Negotiating interpersonal identities in writing : code-switching practices in Charles Burney's correspondence / Päivi Pahta and Arja Nurmi -- Patterns of interaction : self-mention and addressee inclusion in the letters of Nathaniel Bacon and his correspondents / Minna Palander-Collin -- Referential terms and expressions in eighteenth-century letters : a case study on the Lunar men of Birmingham / Minna Nevala -- Methodological and practical aspects of historical network analysis : a case study of the Bluestocking letters / Anni Sairio -- Grasshoppers and blind beetles : caregiver language in early modern English correspondence / Terttu Nevalainen -- Lifespan changes in the language of three early modern gentlemen / Helena Raumolin-Brunberg -- Singular you was/were variation and English normative grammars in the eighteenth century / Mikko Laitinen -- Encountering and appropriating the other : East India Company merchants and foreign terminology / Samuli Kaislaniemi -- Everyday possessions : family and identity in the correspondence of John Paston / Teo Juvonen |
| Summary |
The Language of Daily Life in England (1400-1800) is an important state-of-the art account of historical sociolinguistic and socio-pragmatic research. The volume contains nine studies and an introductory essay which discuss linguistic and social variation and change over four centuries. Each study tackles a linguistic or social phenomenon, and approaches it with a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, always embedded in the socio-historical context. The volume presents new information on linguistic variation and change, while evaluating and developing the relevant theoretical an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Variation -- History
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English language -- Social aspects -- History
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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English language -- Social aspects
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English language -- Variation
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Taalgebruik.
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Dagelijks leven.
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Engeland.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nurmi, Arja.
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Nevala, Minna.
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Palander-Collin, Minna, 1967-
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| ISBN |
9789027289728 |
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9027289727 |
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128210425X |
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9781282104259 |
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