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Writing History in Late Modern English

Author : Isabel Moskowich

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 16,75 MB

Release : 2019-10-09

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9027262012

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This volume focuses on the relationship and interaction of language and science between 1700 and 1900. It pays particular attention to English History writing in late Modern English as compiled in the Corpus of History English Texts (CHET), a newly released sub-corpus of the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing. The chapters cover methodological issues, the period and the status of the discipline itself, as well as pilot studies for the description of scientific discourse using CHET. They embrace topics in several linguistic fields: discourse analysis, syntax, semantics, morpho-syntax. The studies take into account extralinguistic parameters of texts, such as year of publication, sex of the author, geographical provenance of authors and the communicative formats/genres to which the text sample belongs. In the particular case of CHET, the collected samples can be grouped in eight different categories and such categories, as well as the above-mentioned metadata information, can be used to search the corpus. The book is of interest for scholars specialised in corpus linguistics and historical linguistics, as well as linguists in general. The metadata information used for analysis can also be of interest for historians and historians of science in particular.The Corpus of History English Texts (CHET), accompanied by the Coruña Corpus Tool (CCT), purpose-designed software by IrLab, is accessible online at the Repositorio Universidade Coruña at http://hdl.handle.net/2183/21849





The History of Late Modern Englishes

Author : Keith Johnson

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 244 pages

File Size : 20,98 MB

Release : 2021-05-27

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0429513216

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The History of Late Modern Englishes provides an accessible and student-friendly introduction to the history of the English language from the beginning of the eighteenth century up until the present day. Taking an activity-based approach, this text ensures that students learn by engaging with the fascinating evolution of this language rather than by simply reading about it. The History of Late Modern Englishes: • Covers the development of Englishes around the world, not only in the British Isles, but also in the United States, Canada, India, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and Melanesia, as well as in other countries around the world where English is used as a lingua franca; • Accommodates the needs of both native and non-native speakers of English, with helpful features such as a glossary of key terms and questions to guide the reader through the book; • Includes activity sections and discussion points to help students engage with the text; • Is accompanied by e-resources which include further activities and additional coverage of points of interest in the book. Written by an experienced teacher and author, this book is an essential course textbook for any module on the history of English and the perfect accompaniment to the author’s own The History of Early English.



In Search of Jane Austen

Author : Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 297 pages

File Size : 33,93 MB

Release : 2014-03

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 019994511X

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Jane Austen's private language is rarely studied, yet her letters are a linguistic goldmine. This sociolinguistic study analyses the grammar, spelling, and vocabulary of Jane Austen's letters — many of which were addressed to her sister, Cassandra — providing readers with a deeper understanding of Austen as an author.



Current Issues in Late Modern English

Author : Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade

Publisher : Peter Lang

Page : 452 pages

File Size : 49,69 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 9783039116607

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Book Description

Papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Late Modern English, held at the University of Leiden in 2007.



Letter Writing in Late Modern Europe

Author : Marina Dossena

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 263 pages

File Size : 16,54 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9027256233

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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.



Studies in Late Modern English Correspondence

Author : Marina Dossena

Publisher : Peter Lang

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 39,49 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 9783039116584

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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.



Introduction to Late Modern English

Author : Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade

Publisher : Edinburgh University Press

Page : 176 pages

File Size : 46,27 MB

Release : 2009-05-12

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0748631305

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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.



Syntactic Change in Late Modern English

Author : Erik Smitterberg

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 315 pages

File Size : 42,32 MB

Release : 2021-11-25

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1108474225

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This book provides a fresh perspective on language change in Late Modern English, and is illustrated with corpus-linguistic case studies.



Late Modern English Syntax

Author : Marianne Hundt

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 409 pages

File Size : 15,26 MB

Release : 2014-08-14

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1139992406

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The Late Modern period is the first in the history of English for which an unprecedented wealth of textual material exists. Using increasingly sophisticated databases, the contributions in this volume explore grammatical usage from the period, specifically morphological and syntactic change, in a broad context. Some chapters explore the socio-historical background of the period while others provide information on prescriptivism, newspaper language, language contact, and regional variation in British and American English. Internal processes of change are discussed against grammaticalisation theory and construction grammar and the rich body of textual evidence is used to draw inferences on the precise nature of historical change. Exposing readers to a wealth of data that informs the description of a broad range of syntactic phenomena, this book is ideal for graduate students and researchers interested in historical linguistics, corpus linguistics and language development.