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Title Letter writing and language change / edited by Anita Auer, Utrecht University, Daniel Schreie, University of Zurich, Richard J. Watts, University of Berne.
Alternative Title Letter Writing & Language Change
Publisher Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.


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Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Setting the scene, letters, standards and historical sociolinguistics Richard J. Watts; 2. Assessing variability and change in early English letters Juan Manuel Hernndez-Campoy and Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre; 3. Private letters as a source for an alternative history of Middle New High German Stephan Elspass; 4. Language in print and handwriting Tony Fairman; 5. Heterogeneity vs homogeneity Marianne Hundt; 6. Emerging standards in the colonies, variation and the Canadian letter writer Stefan Dollinger; 7. Linguistic fingerprints of authors and scribes Alexander Bergs; 8. Stylistic variation Anita Auer; 9. English aristocratic letters Susan Fitzmaurice; 10. Early nineteenth-century pauper letters Mikko Laitinen; 11. A non-standard standard? Exploring the evidence from nineteenth-century vernacular letters and diaries Barbara Allen; 12. Archaism and dialect in Irish emigrant letters Lukas Pietsch; 13. Assessing heterogeneity Lucia Siebers; 14. Hypercorrection and the persistence of local dialect features in writing Daniel Schreier; 15. Epilogue: where next? Anita Auer, Daniel Schreier and Richard J. Watts; References; Index.
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Series Studies in English language
Studies in English language.
Subject Letter writing -- Social aspects -- English-speaking countries.
Written communication -- Social aspects -- English-speaking countries.
English language -- Variation.
English letters -- History and criticism.
Alt author Auer, Anita, 1975- editor.
Schreier, Daniel, 1971- editor.
Watts, Richard J., editor.
Alternative Title Letter Writing & Language Change
Descript 1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Note Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Setting the scene, letters, standards and historical sociolinguistics Richard J. Watts; 2. Assessing variability and change in early English letters Juan Manuel Hernndez-Campoy and Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre; 3. Private letters as a source for an alternative history of Middle New High German Stephan Elspass; 4. Language in print and handwriting Tony Fairman; 5. Heterogeneity vs homogeneity Marianne Hundt; 6. Emerging standards in the colonies, variation and the Canadian letter writer Stefan Dollinger; 7. Linguistic fingerprints of authors and scribes Alexander Bergs; 8. Stylistic variation Anita Auer; 9. English aristocratic letters Susan Fitzmaurice; 10. Early nineteenth-century pauper letters Mikko Laitinen; 11. A non-standard standard? Exploring the evidence from nineteenth-century vernacular letters and diaries Barbara Allen; 12. Archaism and dialect in Irish emigrant letters Lukas Pietsch; 13. Assessing heterogeneity Lucia Siebers; 14. Hypercorrection and the persistence of local dialect features in writing Daniel Schreier; 15. Epilogue: where next? Anita Auer, Daniel Schreier and Richard J. Watts; References; Index.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781139088275 (ebook)
9781107018648 (hardback)
Series Studies in English language
Studies in English language.
Subject Letter writing -- Social aspects -- English-speaking countries.
Written communication -- Social aspects -- English-speaking countries.
English language -- Variation.
English letters -- History and criticism.
Alt author Auer, Anita, 1975- editor.
Schreier, Daniel, 1971- editor.
Watts, Richard J., editor.
Alternative Title Letter Writing & Language Change

Subject Letter writing -- Social aspects -- English-speaking countries.
Written communication -- Social aspects -- English-speaking countries.
English language -- Variation.
English letters -- History and criticism.
Descript 1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Note Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Setting the scene, letters, standards and historical sociolinguistics Richard J. Watts; 2. Assessing variability and change in early English letters Juan Manuel Hernndez-Campoy and Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre; 3. Private letters as a source for an alternative history of Middle New High German Stephan Elspass; 4. Language in print and handwriting Tony Fairman; 5. Heterogeneity vs homogeneity Marianne Hundt; 6. Emerging standards in the colonies, variation and the Canadian letter writer Stefan Dollinger; 7. Linguistic fingerprints of authors and scribes Alexander Bergs; 8. Stylistic variation Anita Auer; 9. English aristocratic letters Susan Fitzmaurice; 10. Early nineteenth-century pauper letters Mikko Laitinen; 11. A non-standard standard? Exploring the evidence from nineteenth-century vernacular letters and diaries Barbara Allen; 12. Archaism and dialect in Irish emigrant letters Lukas Pietsch; 13. Assessing heterogeneity Lucia Siebers; 14. Hypercorrection and the persistence of local dialect features in writing Daniel Schreier; 15. Epilogue: where next? Anita Auer, Daniel Schreier and Richard J. Watts; References; Index.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
Alt author Auer, Anita, 1975- editor.
Schreier, Daniel, 1971- editor.
Watts, Richard J., editor.
ISBN 9781139088275 (ebook)
9781107018648 (hardback)
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