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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954740903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010
• ISBN: 9786612663406; 9781282663404; 1282663402; 9789027288233; 9027288232
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 241 p
• Collana: Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser., v. 195
• Classificazione: HF 110
• Altri autori (Persone): PahtaPaivi
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: The present paper is a corpus-based study which examines social roles as constructed in British nineteenth-century children's literature. Both gender roles overall as well as the more specific roles of mother and father are investigated. The main approach is to systematically study adjectival descriptions of characters both quantitatively and qualitatively in order to find recurring patterns of description that function as part of defining a social role. The method of classification is primarily through semantic domains. The study shows that the female social role is defined as involving few mental qualities, whereas a pleasant appearance is important. In contrast, social status and positive mental characteristics are important defining factors for the male social role.