Address and subscription formulae in English family correspondence from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century: 7. Family first

Nevala, Minna

doi:10.1075/pbns.107.08nev

In:Diachronic Perspectives on Address Term Systems
Edited by Irma Taavitsainen and Andreas H. Jucker
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 107] 2003
► pp. 147–176

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7. Family first

Address and subscription formulae in English family correspondence from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century

Minna Nevala

Published online: 23 June 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.107.08nev

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