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245 00 Letter writing and language change /|cedited by Anita Auer,
Utrecht University, Daniel Schreie, University of Zurich,
Richard J. Watts, University of Berne.
246 3 Letter Writing & Language Change
264 1 Cambridge :|bCambridge University Press,|c2015.
300 1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages) :|bdigital, PDF
file(s).
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
490 1 Studies in English language
500 Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05
Oct 2015).
505 8 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.
506 1 Unlimited number of concurrent users.|5UkHlHU
650 0 Letter writing|xSocial aspects|zEnglish-speaking
countries.
650 0 Written communication|xSocial aspects|zEnglish-speaking
countries.
650 0 English language|xVariation.
650 0 English letters|xHistory and criticism.
700 1 Auer, Anita,|d1975-|eeditor.
700 1 Schreier, Daniel,|d1971-|eeditor.
700 1 Watts, Richard J.,|eeditor.
830 0 Studies in English language.
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