Testifying to Language and Life in Early Modern England

Kytö, Merja, Grund, Peter J., Walker, Terry

ISBN 10: 9027211809 / ISBN 13: 9789027211804

Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Testifying to Language and Life in Early Modern England
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027211809
• ISBN 13: 9789027211804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Testifying to Language and Life in Early Modern England examines various aspects of the witness depositions comprising An Electronic Text Edition of Depositions 1560 1760 (ETED) on the accompanying CD-ROM.ETED combines modern corpus linguistic methodology and editorial theory, and makes available faithful transcriptions of 905 depositions drawn from manuscripts from different areas of early modern England. The depositions, which total c. 267,000 words, cover testimony by men and women of different ages and social strata. In order to cater to a variety of uses and users, the ETED CD-ROM provides the depositions in five electronic formats (XML, resolved XML, HTML, TXT and PDF), as well as a data retrieval program and a number of support files. The book explores the genre, the socio-historical and legal background, and the language of depositions. Together with the book, ETED constitutes a significant resource for researchers of corpus linguistics, historical prag