Letters as Loot. A sociolinguistic approach to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Dutch
The study of letter writing is at the heart of the historical-sociolinguistic enterprise. Private letters, in particular, offer an unprecedented view on language history. This book presents an in-depth study of the language of letters focussing on a unique collection of Dutch private letters from th...
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| author | Marijke J. van der Wal Gijsbert Rutten |
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| description | The study of letter writing is at the heart of the historical-sociolinguistic enterprise. Private letters, in particular, offer an unprecedented view on language history. This book presents an in-depth study of the language of letters focussing on a unique collection of Dutch private letters from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which comprises letters from the lower, middle and upper ranks, written by men as well as women. The book discusses the key issues of formulaic language and the degree of orality of private letters, it questions the importance of letter-writing manuals, and reveals remarkable patterns of social, regional and gender variation in a wide range of linguistic features. Arguing for writing experience as an important factor in historical linguistics generally, the book offers numerous new perspectives on the history of Dutch. The monograph is of interest to a wide readership, ranging from scholars of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, Germanic linguistics, sociology and social history to (advanced) graduate and postgraduate students in courses on language variation and change. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-516032023-12-20T18:09:13Z Letters as Loot. A sociolinguistic approach to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Dutch Marijke J. van der Wal Gijsbert Rutten P1-1091 historical linguistics history Dutch sociolinguistics bic Book Industry Communication::C Language The study of letter writing is at the heart of the historical-sociolinguistic enterprise. Private letters, in particular, offer an unprecedented view on language history. This book presents an in-depth study of the language of letters focussing on a unique collection of Dutch private letters from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which comprises letters from the lower, middle and upper ranks, written by men as well as women. The book discusses the key issues of formulaic language and the degree of orality of private letters, it questions the importance of letter-writing manuals, and reveals remarkable patterns of social, regional and gender variation in a wide range of linguistic features. Arguing for writing experience as an important factor in historical linguistics generally, the book offers numerous new perspectives on the history of Dutch. The monograph is of interest to a wide readership, ranging from scholars of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, Germanic linguistics, sociology and social history to (advanced) graduate and postgraduate students in courses on language variation and change. 2021-02-11T17:38:05Z 2021-02-11T17:38:05Z 2014-11-17 11:14:12 2014 book 16493 22141057 9789027269577 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/51603 eng Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics image/png Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://benjamins.com/catalog/ahs.2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ahs.2 John Benjamins Publishing Company 10.1075/ahs.2 10.1075/ahs.2 a0ecc02e-9674-41da-98fe-e7842d79279a 9789027269577 xiii, 426 open access |
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