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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784937903321

Titolo

Social roles and language practices in late modern English [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paivi Pahta ...[et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010

ISBN

1-282-66340-2

9786612663406

90-272-8823-2

Descrizione fisica

viii, 241 p

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser., v. 195

Altri autori (Persone)

PahtaPäivi

Disciplina

420.9/09033

Soggetti

English language - 18th century

English language - 19th century

English language - Social aspects - England

English language - Usage - England

England Languages 18th century

England Languages 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Social roles and language practices in late modern English, organized as  a workshop in the Third Late Modern English Conference in Leiden in August  2007."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mr spectator, identity and social roles in an early eighteenth-century community of practice and the periodical discourse community / Susan M. Fitzmaurice -- How eighteenth-century book reviewers became language guardians / Carol Percy -- "If You think me obstinate I can't help it": exploring the epistolary styles and social roles of Elizabeth Montagu and Sarah Scott / Anni Sairio -- Reporting and social role construction in eighteenth-century personal correspondence / Minna Palander-Collin and Minna Nevala -- Preacher, scholar, brother, friend: social roles and code-switching in the writings of Thomas Twining / Arja Nurmi and Päivi Pahta -- The social space of an eighteenth-century governess: modality and reference in the private letters and journals of Agnes Porter / Arja Nurmi and Minna Nevala -- Building trust through (self- )appraisal in nineteenth-century business correspondence / Marina Dossena -- Good-natured fellows and poor



mothers : defining social roles in British nineteenth-century children's literature / Hanna Andersdotter Sveen.