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Author Nevalainen, Terttu

Title Historical Sociolinguistics : Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England
Edition 2nd ed
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (298 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Introduction: Issues in Historical Sociolinguistics; 2. Sociolinguistic Paradigms and Language Change; 3. Primary Data: Background and Informants; 4. Real Time; 5. Apparent Time; 6. Gender; 7. Social Stratification; 8. Regional Variation; 9. Historical Patterning of Sociolinguistic Variation; 10. Language Change and the Individual; 11. Language Change: Transmission and Diffusion; 12. Conclusion
Appendix I: Methodology: How to Count Occurrences?Appendix II: Numerical Information; Appendix III: The Letter Collections; References; Author Index; Subject Index
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Subject English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Raumolin-Brunberg, Helena
ISBN 9781315475158
1315475154