The language of daily life in England (1400-1800)
By: edited by Arja Nurmi, Minna Nevala, and Minna Palander-Collin.
Contributors: Nurmi, Arja.; Nevala, Minna.; Palander-Collin, Minna, 1967-
Series: Pragmatics & beyond new series -- 183
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9789027254283
Subjects: English language -- Variation -- History; English language -- Social aspects -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The language of daily life in the history of English : studying how macro meets micro / Minna Palander-Collin, Minna Nevala & Arja Nurmi; title: Negotiating interpersonal identities in writing : code-switching practices in Charles Burney's correspondence / Päivi Pahta & Arja Nurmi; title: Patterns of interaction : self-mention and addressee inclusion in the letters of Nathaniel Bacon and his correspondents / Minna Palander-Collin; title: Referential terms and expressions in eighteenth-century letters : a case study on the Lunar men of Birmingham / Minna Nevala; title: Methodological and practical aspects of historical network analysis : a case study of the Bluestocking letters / Anni Sairio; title: Grasshoppers and blind beetles : caregiver language in early modern English correspondence / Terttu Nevalainen; title: Lifespan changes in the language of three early modern gentlemen / Helena Raumolin-Brunberg; title: Singular you was/were variation and english normative grammars in the eighteenth century / Mikko Laitinen; title: Encountering and appropriating the other : East India Company merchants and foreign terminology / Samuli Kaislaniemi; title: Everyday possessions : family and identity in the correspondence of John Paston / Teo Juvonen.