| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 241 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Pragmatics & Beyond ; new ser., v. 195
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 195.
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| Note |
"Social roles and language practices in late modern English, organized as a workshop in the Third Late Modern English Conference in Leiden in August 2007"--Preface. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Mr spectator, identity and social roles in an early eighteenth-century community of practice and the periodical discourse community / Susan M. Fitzmaurice -- How eighteenth-century book reviewers became language guardians / Carol Percy -- "If You think me obstinate I can't help it": exploring the epistolary styles and social roles of Elizabeth Montagu and Sarah Scott / Anni Sairio -- Reporting and social role construction in eighteenth-century personal correspondence / Minna Palander-Collin and Minna Nevala -- Preacher, scholar, brother, friend: social roles and code-switching in the writings of Thomas Twining / Arja Nurmi and Päivi Pahta -- The social space of an eighteenth-century governess: modality and reference in the private letters and journals of Agnes Porter / Arja Nurmi and Minna Nevala -- Building trust through (self- )appraisal in nineteenth-century business correspondence / Marina Dossena -- Good-natured fellows and poor mothers : defining social roles in British nineteenth-century children's literature / Hanna Andersdotter Sveen. |
| Summary |
This volume presents a ground-breaking overview of the interconnections between socio-cultural reality and language practices, by looking at the different ways in which social roles are performed, maintained, adopted and assigned through linguistic means. The introductory chapter discusses and evaluates different theoretical approaches to the question, and the eight articles by leading scholars in the field offer a multiplicity of methodological and theoretical approaches to the description and interpretation of social roles as expressed in a variety of texts from the eighteenth and nineteenth. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- 18th century.
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English language. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
English language -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
English language -- Social aspects -- England.
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English language -- Social aspects. |
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England. |
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English language -- England -- Usage.
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England -- Languages -- 18th century.
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Language and languages. |
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England -- Languages -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pahta, Päivi.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Social roles and language practices in late modern English. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010 9789027254405 (DLC) 2010006374 (OCoLC)527702789 |
| ISBN |
9789027288233 (electronic book) |
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9027288232 (electronic book) |
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9789027254405 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9027254400 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612663406 |
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