Nineteenth-century English : stability and change / edited by Merja Kytö, Mats Rydén, Erik Smitter...
Nineteenth-century English : stability and change / edited by Merja Kytö, Mats Rydén, Erik Smitter...
Nineteenth-century English : stability and change / edited by Merja Kytö, Mats Rydén, Erik Smitterberg.
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2006.
Call Numbers
N420.9034/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : exploring nineteenth-century English - past and present perspectives / Merja Kyto, Mats Ryden and Erik Smitterberg -- 1 Modifiers describing women and men in nineteenth-century English / Ingegerd Backlund -- 2 Words in English Record Office documents of the early 1800s / Tony Fairman...
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2006.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2006.
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Summary
"This volume focuses on the nineteenth century, an important period of both stability and change for the English language. Through ten detailed case studies, it highlights the relationships between English, its users and nineteenth-century society, looking particularly at gender differences and variation across genres. It also discusses major struc...
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Nineteenth-century English : stability and change / edited by Merja Kytö, Mats Rydén, Erik Smitterberg.
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Studies in English language.
Includes bibliographic references and indexes.
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c2006.
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N420.9034/1
Record Identifier
74VKKkNw357A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKkNw357A
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ISBN
0521861063 (hbk.) :
9780521861069 (hbk.) :
DDC
420.9034
MMS ID
991021948319702626
