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OverviewThis volume presents a ground-breaking overview of the interconnections between socio-cultural reality and language practices, by looking at the different ways in which social roles are performed, maintained, adopted and assigned through linguistic means. The introductory chapter discusses and evaluates different theoretical approaches to the question, and the eight articles by leading scholars in the field offer a multiplicity of methodological and theoretical approaches to the description and interpretation of social roles as expressed in a variety of texts from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. While the specific period covered is Late Modern English, the theoretical insights offered will be of interest to any linguist interested in sociolinguistics, pragmatics and the history of English, as well as scholars in the social sciences and social history interested in the concept and realisation of roles. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paivi Pahta (University of Tampere) , Minna Nevala (University of Helsinki) , Arja Nurmi (University of Helsinki) , Minna Palander-Collin (University of Helsinki)Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co Volume: 195 Weight: 0.620kg ISBN: 9789027254405ISBN 10: 9027254400 Pages: 241 Publication Date: 23 June 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Preface; 2. Language practices in the construction of social roles in Late Modern English (by Pahta, Paivi); 3. Mr Spectator, identity and social roles in an early eighteenth-century community of practice and the periodical discourse community (by Fitzmaurice, Susan); 4. How eighteenth-century book reviewers became language guardians (by Percy, Carol); 5. if You think me obstinate I can't help it : Exploring the epistolary styles and social roles of Elizabeth Montagu and Sarah Scott (by Sairio, Anni); 6. Reporting and social role construction in eighteenth-century personal correspondence (by Palander-Collin, Minna); 7. Preacher, scholar, brother, friend: Social roles and code-switching in the writings of Thomas Twining (by Nurmi, Arja); 8. The social space of an eighteenth-century governess: Modality and reference in the private letters and journals of Agnes Porter (by Nurmi, Arja); 9. Building trust through (self-)appraisal in nineteenth-century business correspondence (by Dossena, Marina); 10. Good-natured fellows and poor mothers: Defining social roles in British nineteenth-century children's literature (by Andersdotter Sveen, Hanna); 11. Name index; 12. Subject indexReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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