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Title The language of daily life in England (1400-1800) / edited by Arja Nurmi, Minna Nevala, Minna Palander-Collin.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 312 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Pragmatics & beyond new series, 0922-842X ; v. 183
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 183.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
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Subject English language -- Variation -- History.
English language -- Variation.
History.
English language -- Social aspects -- History.
English language -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Nurmi, Arja.
Nevala, Minna.
Palander-Collin, Minna, 1967-
Other Form: Print version: Language of daily life in England (1400-1800). Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009 9789027254283 9027254281 (DLC) 2009000376 (OCoLC)298113111
ISBN 9789027289728 (electronic book)
9027289727 (electronic book)
128210425X
9781282104259
9789027254283 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9027254281 (hardback ; alkaline paper)