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Norms and Conventions in the History of English
This volume explores changing norms and conventions in the English language, as displayed in a broad range of historical data from more than five centuries. The contributions discuss the interplay of sociocultural conditions, specific discourse traditions and structural aspects of language, paying special attention to the communities where norms and conventions are displayed and shaped in verbal interaction. The volume is enriched by systematic terminological clarifications, interdisciplinary approaches and the introduction of new methods like network analysis and advanced analytical tools and forms of visualisation into the diachronic investigation of historical texts.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 347] 2019. v, 215 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 20 May 2019
Published online on 20 May 2019
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Linguistic norms and conventions: Past and presentBirte Bös and Claudia Claridge | pp. 1–6
- Usage guides and the Age of PrescriptivismIngrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade | pp. 1–22
- “Splendidly prejudiced”: Words for disapproval in English usage guidesDon Chapman | pp. 29–48
- Paradigm shifts in 19th-century British grammar writing: A network of texts and authorsBeatrix Busse, Kirsten Gather and Ingo Kleiber | pp. 49–72
- Promotional conventions on English title-pages up to 1550: Modifiers of time, scope, and qualityMari-Liisa Varila and Matti Peikola | pp. 73–98
- What can we learn from constructed speech errors? Mrs Malaprop revisitedLucia Kornexl | pp. 99–128
- The proverbial discourse tradition in the history of English: A usage-based viewClaudia Lückert | pp. 129–148
- Testing a stylometric tool in the study of Middle English documentary textsMartti Mäkinen | pp. 149–166
- Pragmatic and formulaic uses of shall and will in Older Scots and Early Modern English official letter writingChristine Elsweiler | pp. 167–190
- Studying dialect spelling in its own right: Suggestions from a case studyGöran Wolf | pp. 191–212
- Index | pp. 213–215
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