Historical spoken language research : corpus perspectives /

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Author / Creator:Timmis, Ivor, author.
Imprint:Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Description:ix, 206 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge applied corpus linguistics series
Routledge applied corpus linguistics series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11353270
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ISBN:9781138938717
1138938718
9781315390048
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • In search of spoken language in the past
  • The Bolton/Worktown Corpus (BWC) and the Mayhew Corpus (MC)
  • Windows on Society: pronouns and vague category markers
  • Evaluation, Affect and Intensity
  • Dialect and identity
  • Sources and resources for historical spoken language research: beyond the MC and the BWC
  • Vernacular grammar: longevity and obsolescence
  • Vernacular continuity
  • Reflections.