Patterns of Change in 18th-century English. A sociolinguistic approach

• Hoofdauteur: Minna Palander-Collin (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Tanja Säily (auth), Terttu Nevalainen (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: John Benjamins Publishing Company 2018
• Reeks: Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics
• Onderwerpen: Sociolinguistics; English linguistics; Historical linguistics
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Eighteenth-century English is often associated with normative grammar. But to what extent did prescriptivism impact ongoing processes of linguistic change? The authors of this volume examine a variety of linguistic changes in a corpus of personal correspondence, including the auxiliary do, verbal -s...