The Linguistics of Spoken Communication in Early Modern English Writing Exploring Bess of Hardwick's Manuscript Letters /

This book uses a corpus of manuscript letters from Bess of Hardwick to investigate how linguistic features characteristic of spoken communication function within early modern epistolary prose. Using these letters as a primary data source with reference to other epistolary materials from the early mo...

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Main Author: Marcus, Imogen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:New Approaches to English Historical Linguistics
Subjects:
Historical linguistics.
Discourse analysis.
Pragmatics.
Sociolinguistics.
Literature, Modern.
Linguistic change.
ISBN:9783319660080
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Early Modern English manuscript letters as data: distinguishing between holograph and scribal writing
  • Chapter 3: Prose structure
  • Chapter 4: Prose structure in its social context
  • Chapter 5: Lexical bundles
  • Chapter 6: Vocatives
  • Chapter 7: Conclusion.

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