Format:
1 online resource (xix, 295 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511486944
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9780521861069
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9780521117241
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0521861063
Series Statement:
Studies in English language
Content:
This volume of Studies in English Language 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 structural aspects of nineteenth-century English, such as nouns, verbs and adjectives, and Germanic vs. Romance vocabulary. Although the nineteenth century is often viewed as a relatively stable period in the development of the language, this volume shows the 1800s to be a time of significant change, some of which continued into the twentieth century. By making comparisons possible with both earlier and later periods, it makes an important contribution to our overall understanding of the history of the English language.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Plates; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Exploring nineteenth-century English - past and present perspectives; 1 Modifiers describing women and men in nineteenth-century English; 2 Words in English Record Office documents of the early 1800s; 3 The subjunctive in adverbial clauses in nineteenth-century English; 4 The passive in nineteenth-century scientific writing; 5 Relativizers in nineteenth-century English; 6 Anaphoric reference in the nineteenth century: that/those + of constructions
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7 Adjective comparison in nineteenth-century English8 Nonfinite complement clauses in the nineteenth century: the case of remember; 9 The in -ing construction in British English, 1800-2000; 10 Partitive constructions in nineteenth-century English; Appendix; References; Name index; Subject index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521861069
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521861069
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511486944
Author information:
Kytö, Merja 1953-
