The linguistics of spoken communication in early modern English writing : exploring Bess of Hardwick's manuscript letters /

The linguistics of spoken communication in early modern English writing : exploring Bess of Hardwick's manuscript letters /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marcus, Imogen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Series:New approaches to English historical linguistics.
Subjects:
Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, > Countess of, > 1527?-1608 > Correspondence.
English language > Spoken English.
Linguistics > History.
History
Personal correspondence
Online Access:CONNECT
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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