Historical sociolinguistics : language change in Tudor and Stuart England / Terttu Nevalainen and Helena Raumolin-Brunberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nevalainen, Terttu, author.

Raumolin-Brunberg, Helena, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Social aspects.

English language.

Historical linguistics--England.

Historical linguistics.

Social aspects.

English language--Early modern.

England--Social conditions--16th century.

England.

Social conditions.

England--Social conditions--17th century.

Physical Description:

xiii, 306 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

Historical Sociolinguistics: Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England is the seminal text in the field of historical sociolinguistics. Demonstrating the real-world application of sociolinguistic research methodologies this book examines the social factors which promoted linguistic changes in English, laying the foundation for Modern Standard English. This revised edition of Nevalainen and Raumolin-Brunberg's groundbreaking work: discusses the grammatical developments that shaped English in the early modern period; presents the sociolinguistic factors affecting linguistic change in Tudor and Stuart English, including gender, social status and regional variation; showcases the authors' research into personal letters from the people who were the driving force behind these changes; and demonstrates how historical linguists can make use of social history to analyse linguistic variation over an extended period of time. With brand new chapters on language change and the individual, and on newly developed sociolinguistic research methods, Historical Sociolinguistics is essential reading for all students and researchers in this area. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Issues in Historical Sociolinguistics 1

2 Sociolinguistic Paradigms and Language Change 16

3 Primary Data: Background and Informants 26

4 Real Time 53

5 Apparent Time 83

6 Gender 110

7 Social Stratification 133

8 Regional Variation 157

9 Historical Patterning of Sociolinguistic Variation 185

10 Language Change and the Individual 202

11 Language Change: Transmission and Diffusion 215

12 Conclusion 232.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781138951303

1138951307

9781138951327

1138951323

OCLC:

965470513