Letters as loot : a sociolinguistic approach to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Dutch /
Rutten, Gijsbert Johan, 1977-
Letters as loot : a sociolinguistic approach to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Dutch / Gijsbert Rutten, Marijke J. van der Wal, Leiden University. - 1 online resource (440 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps - Advances in historical sociolinguistics, 2 2214-1057 ; . - Advances in historical sociolinguistics ; 2. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The study of letter writing is at the heart of the historical-sociolinguistic enterprise. Private letters, in particular, offer an unprecedented view on language history. This book presents an in-depth study of the language of letters focussing on a unique collection of Dutch private letters from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which comprises letters from the lower, middle and upper ranks, written by men as well as women. The book discusses the key issues of formulaic language and the degree of orality of private letters, it questions the importance of letter-writing manuals, and reveals remarkable patterns of social, regional and gender variation in a wide range of linguistic features. Arguing for writing experience as an important factor in historical linguistics generally, the book offers numerous new perspectives on the history of Dutch. The monograph is of interest to a wide readership, ranging from scholars of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, Germanic linguistics, sociology and social history to (advanced) graduate and postgraduate students in courses on language variation and change.
English.
9027269572 9027200815 9789027200815 9789027269577
1600-1799
Sociolinguistics--History.--Netherlands
Linguistic change--Social aspects--History.
Letter writing, Dutch--History--17th century.
Letter writing, Dutch--History--18th century.
Historical linguistics.
Historical linguistics.
Letter writing, Dutch.
Linguistic change--Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics.
Netherlands.
Electronic books.
History.
P40.5.L56 / R88 2014eb
306.44
Letters as loot : a sociolinguistic approach to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Dutch / Gijsbert Rutten, Marijke J. van der Wal, Leiden University. - 1 online resource (440 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps - Advances in historical sociolinguistics, 2 2214-1057 ; . - Advances in historical sociolinguistics ; 2. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The study of letter writing is at the heart of the historical-sociolinguistic enterprise. Private letters, in particular, offer an unprecedented view on language history. This book presents an in-depth study of the language of letters focussing on a unique collection of Dutch private letters from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which comprises letters from the lower, middle and upper ranks, written by men as well as women. The book discusses the key issues of formulaic language and the degree of orality of private letters, it questions the importance of letter-writing manuals, and reveals remarkable patterns of social, regional and gender variation in a wide range of linguistic features. Arguing for writing experience as an important factor in historical linguistics generally, the book offers numerous new perspectives on the history of Dutch. The monograph is of interest to a wide readership, ranging from scholars of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, Germanic linguistics, sociology and social history to (advanced) graduate and postgraduate students in courses on language variation and change.
English.
9027269572 9027200815 9789027200815 9789027269577
1600-1799
Sociolinguistics--History.--Netherlands
Linguistic change--Social aspects--History.
Letter writing, Dutch--History--17th century.
Letter writing, Dutch--History--18th century.
Historical linguistics.
Historical linguistics.
Letter writing, Dutch.
Linguistic change--Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics.
Netherlands.
Electronic books.
History.
P40.5.L56 / R88 2014eb
306.44