Corpora and Language Change in Late Modern English

Javier Calle-Martín; Jesús Romero-Barranco

Corpora and Language Change in Late Modern English

by Javier Calle-Martín (Volume editor)

, Jesús Romero-Barranco (Volume editor)
©2024, Edited Collection, 408 Pages
Linguistics

Late Modern English has traditionally been considered a period of linguistic stability in terms of language standardization. However, a careful examination of crucial aspects of its internal and external history reveals that this period still deserves scholarly attention. This book aims to offer valuable tools for the study of Late Modern English, along with a selection of studies that approach linguistic variation from various perspectives.
In the first part, the book provides an account of some available corpora for the study of Late Modern English, representing different text types such as medical English or private correspondence, among others. Additionally, these corpora cover various dialects and early new varieties of English.
In the second part, several corpus-based studies assess Late Modern English at different levels shedding light on the language of the period.

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From Corpora to Data: Sources for the Study of Late Modern English
Language Change in Ireland: Compiling and Using a Diachronic Corpus to Study the Evolution of an Early New English
The Coruña Corpus of English Scientific Writing: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Medical English Writing in the Period 1700–1900: The Málaga Corpus of Late Modern English Scientific Prose
The Corpus of Late Modern English Medical Writing: Scientific and Social Change in the Eighteenth Century
Investigating Variation and Change in Late Modern English Dialects: The Salamanca Corpus
Editing The Mary Hamilton Papers (c.1740–c.1850)
Ridiculously Well or Madly Ambitious: Some Diachronic Notes on the Intensifying Adverbs Ridiculously and Madly
Ephemeral Causal Adverbial Subordinators: Their Emergence and Decline in Modern English
Demonstrative them in American English over Two Centuries (1820–2020)
Tracking Down Marginal Productivity: The Suffix -ment between 1820 and 2019
Past Participle Forms in Competition: -ed vs -(e)n in Historical British and American English
Webster’s Spelling Reform: From -our to -or in Colour-Type Words
Verbal Contractions in Late Modern English
Amerindian Loanwords in Richard Hakluyt’s The Principall Navigations (1589) and Their Inclusion in Early and Late Modern English Dictionaries: Applications and Limitations of Digital Corpora, Databases and Tools in Lexicographical Research
“My dearest friend … Ever Yours, Mary Hamilton”: Exploring Forms of Address in the Late Georgian Period
Notes on Contributors

Pages:

408

Year:

2024

ISBN (HARDBACK):

9783034346429 (Active)

ISBN (EPUB):

9783034348270 (Active)

ISBN (PDF):

9783034348263 (Active)

DOI:

10.3726/b21562

Language:

English

Keywords:

English, Martin, language, corpus linguistics, Gotti, Maurizio, Change, Modern, Late, Romero, Javier, Medical English, corpora, Late Modern English, Langauge Standardisation, Scientific Writing, Irish English, Late Modern English Dialects, The Mary Hamilton Papers, Barranco, Calle, Jesús

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Lausanne, Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, New York, Oxford, 2024. 408 pp., 56 fig. b/w, 56 tables.

Javier Calle-Martín is a Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Málaga (Spain), where he teaches History of English and Quantitative Linguistics. His research interests include the History of the English Language and Manuscript Studies, with a focus on Late Middle English and Early Modern English scientific manuscripts. In recent years, he has also developed an interest in the standardization of English and the relationship between usage and prescription in Late Modern English.
Jesús Romero-Barranco is a member of the Department of English at the University of Málaga (Spain), where he is in charge of different subjects within English Linguistics. Among his research interests are English Historical Linguistics (early English scientific writing and early English correspondence), Ecdotics and morphosyntactic variation.

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