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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2018, 2018
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018 |
| Series: | New Approaches to English Historical Linguistics
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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