Unlocking the History of English : Pragmatics, Prescriptivism and Text Types. Selected Papers from the 21st ICEHL.
The articles in this volume deal with aspects of language use throughout the history of English, including efforts to prescribe and regulate language in texts that share specific forms, functions, and audiences. They feature quantitative and qualitative analyses of changing language use, often in re...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2024.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Current Issues in Linguistic Theory Series
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | The articles in this volume deal with aspects of language use throughout the history of English, including efforts to prescribe and regulate language in texts that share specific forms, functions, and audiences. They feature quantitative and qualitative analyses of changing language use, often in relation to trends of language advice. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (263 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789027246998 9027246998 |