| Description |
1 online resource (215 pages) |
| Series |
Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; volume 347 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 347.
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| Contents |
Linguistic norms and conventions: past and present / Birte Bös and Claudia Claridge -- Usage guides and the age of prescriptivism / Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade -- "Splendidly prejudiced": words for disapproval in English usage books / Don Chapman -- Paradigm shifts in 19th-century British grammar writing: a network of texts and authors / Beatrix Busse, Kirsten Gather and Ingo Kleiber -- Promotional conventions on English title pages up to 1550: modifiers of time, scope, and quality / Mari-liisa Varila and Matti Peikola -- What can we learn from constructed speech errors? Mrs Malaprop revisited / Lucia Kornexl -- The proverbial discourse tradition in the history of English: a usage-based view / Claudia lkert -- Testing a stylometric tool in the study of Middle English documentary texts / Martti Mäkinen -- Pragmatic and formulaic uses of shall and will in older Scots and early modern English official letter writing / Christine Elsweiler -- Studying dialect spelling in its own right: suggestions from a case study / Gan Wolf |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 06, 2019) |
| Subject |
English language -- Standardization.
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English language -- Grammar, Historical.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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English language -- Grammar, Historical
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English language -- Standardization
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bös, Birte, 1974- editor.
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Claridge, Claudia, editor
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| LC no. |
2019012134 |
| ISBN |
9027262462 |
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9789027262462 |
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