Late Modern English
Late Modern English

Author: Merja Kytö

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2020-03-15

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 9027261431

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The past few decades have witnessed an unprecedented surge of interest in the language of the Late Modern English period. Late Modern English: Novel Encounters covers a broad range of topics addressed by international experts in fields such as phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis, spelling and pragmatics; this makes the collection attractive to any scholar or student interested in the history of English. Each of the four thematic sections in the book represents a core area of Late Modern English studies. This division makes it easy for specialists to access the chapters that are of immediate relevance to their own work. An introductory chapter establishes connections between chapters within as well as between the four sections. The volume highlights recent advances in research methodology such as spelling normalization and other areas of corpus linguistics; several contributions also shed light on the interplay of internal and external factors in language change.

Introduction to Late Modern English
Introduction to Late Modern English

Author: Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2009-05-12

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 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.

Writing History in Late Modern English
Writing History in Late Modern English

Author: Isabel Moskowich

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2019-10-09

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 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

Late Modern English Syntax
Late Modern English Syntax

Author: Marianne Hundt

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-08-14

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1107032792

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Using increasingly sophisticated databases, this volume explores grammatical usage from the Late Modern period in a broad context.

Syntactic Change in Late Modern English
Syntactic Change in Late Modern English

Author: Erik Smitterberg

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-11-25

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 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.

In Search of Jane Austen
In Search of Jane Austen

Author: Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 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.

An Introduction to Early Modern English
An Introduction to Early Modern English

Author: Terttu Nevalainen

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780195308471

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Terttu Nevalainen helps students to place the language of the period 1500-1700 in its historical context, whilst showing its regional and social variations. He focuses on the structure of the 'general dialect' and its spelling, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, as well as its dialectal origins.

The English Language
The English Language

Author: Charles Barber

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-03-29

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1107693934

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This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day.

Social Roles and Language Practices in Late Modern English
Social Roles and Language Practices in Late Modern English

Author: Päivi Pahta

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9027254400

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"This is a trailblazing volume. Too often do studies in historical linguistics adopt social (or other) theories of yesterday. But here we have cutting-edge research on social roles, identities and practices applied innovatively to historical data, leading to new insights-not just about Late Modern English but also about the dynamics of language, social phenomena and change-and lighting the way for future research." Jonathan Culpeper, Senior Lecturer, English Language and Linguistics, Lancaster University --