The Language of Daily Life in England, 1400-1800 (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series)

The Language of Daily Life in England (1400–1800) is an important state-of-the art account of historical sociolinguistic and socio-pragmatic research. The volume contains nine studies and an introductory essay which discuss linguistic and social variation and change over four centuries. Each study tackles a linguistic or social phenomenon, and approaches it with a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, always embedded in the socio-historical context. The volume presents new information on linguistic variation and change, while evaluating and developing the relevant theoretical and methodological tools. The writers form one of the leading research teams in the field, and, as compilers of the Corpus of Early English Correspondence, have an informed understanding of the data in all its depth. This volume will be of interest to scholars in historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and socio-pragmatics, but also e.g. social history. The approachable style of writing makes it also inviting for advanced students. The Language Of Daily Life In The History Of English : Studying How Macro Meets Micro / Minna Palander-collin, Minna Nevala & Arja Nurmi -- Negotiating Interpersonal Identities In Writing : Code-switching Practices In Charles Burney's Correspondence / Päivi Pahta & Arja Nurmi -- Patterns Of Interaction : Self-mention And Addressee Inclusion In The Letters Of Nathaniel Bacon And His Correspondents / Minna Palander-collin -- Referential Terms And Expressions In Eighteenth-century Letters : A Case Study On The Lunar Men Of Birmingham / Minna Nevala -- Methodological And Practical Aspects Of Historical Network Analysis : A Case Study Of The Bluestocking Letters / Anni Sairio -- Grasshoppers And Blind Beetles : Caregiver Language In Early Modern English Correspondence / Terttu Nevalainen -- Lifespan Changes In The Language Of Three Early Modern Gentlemen / Helena Raumolin-brunberg -- Singular You Was/were Variation And English Normative Grammars In The Eighteenth Century / Mikko Laitinen -- Encountering And Appropriating The Other : East India Company Merchants And Foreign Terminology / Samuli Kaislaniemi -- Everyday Possessions : Family And Identity In The Correspondence Of John Paston / Teo Juvonen. Edited By Arja Nurmi, Minna Nevala, Minna Palander-collin. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Table of Contents ......Page 6 Acknowledgements ......Page 8 The language of daily life in the historyof English......Page 10 Section 1: Variation and social relations ......Page 34 Negotiating interpersonal identities in writing......Page 36 Patterns of interaction......Page 62 Referential terms and expressions in eighteenth-century letters......Page 84 Section 2: Methodological considerations in the study of change ......Page 114 Methodological and practical aspects of historical network analysis......Page 116 Grasshoppers and blind beetles......Page 146 Lifespan changes in the language of three early modern gentlemen ......Page 174 Section 3: Sociohistorical context ......Page 206 Singular you was/were variation and English normative grammars in the eighteenth century ......Page 208 Encountering and appropriating the Other......Page 228 Everyday possessions......Page 262 Appendix: Editions in the Corpora of Early English Correspondence......Page 288 Name index......Page 312 Subject index......Page 318