| Title:
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HISTORICAL SOCIOLINGUISTICS
LANGUAGE CHANGE IN TUDOR AND STUART ENGLAND |
| By: |
Terttu Nevalainen, Helena Raumolin-Brunberg |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£48.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0582319943 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780582319943 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
5 March, 2003 |
| Series: |
Longman Linguistics Library |
| Pages: |
282 |
| Description: |
An exploration of the ways linguists can make use of social and demographic history, in order to analyze and interpret linguistic variation over an extended period of time. The authors examine the extent to which sociolinguistic models and methods can be applied to the history of English. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume presents a sociolinguistic perspective on the history of the English language. Based on original empirical research, it discusses the social factors that promoted linguistic changes in earlier English, and the people who were the leading force behind them. The authors focus on the major grammatical developments that shaped the language in Tudor and Stuart times, the period that laid the foundations for modern Standard English. Nevalainen and Raumolin-Brunberg adopt an interdisciplinary approach, exploring the extent to which sociolinguistic models and methods can be applied to the history of English. |
| Illustrations: |
1, black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Longman |
| Returns: |
Returnable |