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Author: Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9783039116607
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPapers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Late Modern English, held at the University of Leiden in 2007.
Author: Merja Kytö
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2020-03-15
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9027261431
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Päivi Pahta
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9027254400
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"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 --
Author: Bas Aarts
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-02-14
Total Pages: 475
ISBN-13: 1107016355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume features new and groundbreaking research on recent changes in the English verb phrase.
Author: Ben Rampton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-02-23
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9780521812634
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a sociolinguistic account of classroom interaction, based on research in an inner-city high school.
Author: Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014-03
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 019994511X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJane 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.
Author: Nuria Yáñez-Bouza
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 1107000793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis detailed, corpus-based study shows how the placement and usage of the English preposition has changed since the sixteenth century.
Author: Isabel Moskowich
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2011-12-08
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1443835889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the first decade of the twenty first century, Corpus Linguistics as a methodology had already proved to be an impeccable one, and is probably the most elaborate way to approach empirical studies on languages. At present this seems to be essential to formulate general theories about most aspects of languages in different stages of their evolution. Corpora and Corpus Linguistics have been present in research for a reasonably long time now. The evolution of the discipline has been assessed by conferences, new publications and all sorts of events related to the field. Therefore, it seems most convenient to offer an outline of the advances made in the past decade as well as to try and make a guess as for what is yet to come. The editors have used their experience to collect a volume that certainly will have something to offer to the scientific community. Their work as compilers of the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing has made them familiar with corpus-compilation and the time-consuming tasks it entails. As users of this and other corpora, they can also appreciate the tools modern technology offers researchers and what the possibilities of exploitation are. In this way, the selection of papers contained in this volume address a wide range of scholars interested in the discipline, both corpus compilers and users.
Author: Marina Dossena
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2015-02-15
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9027268878
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe volume presents an innovative approach to studies in Late Modern English by giving attention to variation and change in varieties of English on both sides of the Atlantic. As new corpora become available, scholarly interests broaden their horizons to encompass varieties, the history of which has only just begun to be investigated, and which are likely to yield significant findings. The contributors, whose long experience in the field of English historical linguistics ensures in-depth investigations, employ state-of-the-art tools for the analysis of specific phenomena and to set these in the light of a more encompassing framework concerning different text types and sociolinguistic considerations. While usage guides and dictionaries prove remarkable in their contribution to the definition of what is (not) acceptable in specific social circles, the language of ordinary users also takes centre stage in studies of correspondence, journals and travelogues. The volume is expected to appeal to scholars and students interested in the linguistic history of English as seen in contexts on which – until now – relatively little light has been shed.
Author: Ekaterini Stathi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2010-09-16
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9027288003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume contains a selection of papers on grammaticalization from a broad perspective. Some of the papers focus on basic concepts in grammaticalization research such as the concept of 'grammar' as the endpoint of grammaticalization processes, erosion, (uni)directionality, the relation between grammaticalization and constructions, subjectification, and the relation between grammaticalization and analogy. Other papers shed a critical light on grammaticalization as an explanatory parameter in language change. New case studies of micro-processes of grammaticalization complete the selection. The empirical evidence for (and against) grammaticalization comes from diverse domains: subject control, clitics, reciprocal markers, pronouns and agreement markers, gender markers, auxiliaries, aspectual categories, intensifying adjectives and determiners, and pragmatic markers. The languages covered include English and its varieties, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, French, Slavonic languages, and Turkish. The book will be valuable to scholars working on grammaticalization and language change as well as to those interested in individual languages.
