Syntax, Style and Grammatical Norms: English from 1500-2000 (Linguistic Insights)

ISBN 10: 3039111817 / ISBN 13: 9783039111817

Published by Peter Lang AG, Internationaler V, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Syntax, Style and Grammatical Norms: English from 1500-2000 (Linguistic Insights)
• Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler V
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3039111817
• ISBN 13: 9783039111817
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The volume features a selection of new work presented at the 2004 meeting of the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL). Main conference themes reflected in this volume are: the maturation and broadening of historical corpus linguistics, a new interest in English for Specific Purposes as a diachronic phenomenon, and the role of grammar writing in the process of change. A further thematic strand of this book is the significance of functional aspects in the development of grammar and discourse, especially in domains beyond phonology and morphology. Several contributions focus on the operation of socio-pragmatic and functional factors in historically identifiable social networks, especially in the 18th century. Apart from that there is also a strong emphasis on developments in the 19th and 20th centuries.

About the Author

The Editors: Christiane Dalton-Puffer, Dieter Kastovsky, Nikolaus Ritt and Herbert Schendl teach at the Department of English at the University of Vienna and have published widely in different areas of English Historical Linguistics.