02948nam 2200589 450 991046061270332120200520144314.091-87121-88-3(CKB)3710000000335766(EBL)1918606(SSID)ssj0001403267(PQKBManifestationID)12611166(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001403267(PQKBWorkID)11365526(PQKB)10267091(MiAaPQ)EBC1918606(Au-PeEL)EBL1918606(CaPaEBR)ebr11005162(CaONFJC)MIL691776(OCoLC)900345748(EXLCZ)99371000000033576620150125h20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen's language an analysis of style and expression in letters before 1800 /edited by Eva Haettner Aurelius, Hedda Gunneng, Jon HelgasonLund, Sweden :Nordic Academic Press,2012.©20121 online resource (261 p.)Description based upon print version of record.91-87121-87-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Theoretical foundation; 2. Linguistic stylistics-methodological considerations; 3. Medieval letters in Latin; 4. Swedish letters c.1700-1740 and c.1740-1800; 5. Letters in French in the eighteenth century; 6. English letters from the long eighteenth century; 7. German letters in the eighteenth century; 8. Project summary and conclusions; Appendix 1 Tables and diagrams; Appendix 2 Statistical analysis and hypothesis testing and statistical result tables; Appendix 3 Register of letters; About the AuthorsBy linguistic close-reading of more than a thousand letters from the 12th through the 18th centuries-written in Latin, Swedish, French, German, and English-this compilation analyzes the differences in language and communication between women and men. Armed with an exhaustive stylistic analysis, this volume attempts to answer the question Is there a special niche reserved for women's language? As it pinpoints the variations in how women expressed themselves when addressing men or other women, this detailed investigation of style and expression comes to the conclusion that there is no evidence fLettersWomen authorsHistory and criticismWomenLanguageElectronic books.LettersWomen authorsHistory and criticism.WomenLanguage.809.60082Helgason Jon1971-Gunneng HeddaHaettner Aurelius Eva1948-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460612703321Women's language2085691UNINA