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

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 241 p
• Disciplina: 420.9/09033
• Soggetto topico: English language - 18th century; English language - 19th century; English language - Social aspects - England; English language - Usage - England
• Soggetto geografico: England Languages 18th century; England Languages 19th century
• Altri autori: PahtaPäivi
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Social roles and language practices in late modern English
• ISBN: 1-282-66340-2; 9786612663406; 90-272-8823-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814926603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pragmatics & beyond ; ; new ser., 195.