Sociocultural dimensions of lexis and text in the history of English /

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Meeting name:International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (18th : 2014 : Louvain, Belgium)
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
Description:1 online resource (viii, 258 pages)
Language:English
Series:Current issues in linguistic theory ; volume 343
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 343.
Subject:English language -- History -- Congresses.
English language -- Grammar, Historical -- Congresses.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
English language -- Grammar, Historical.
English language.
English language -- Social aspects.
Historical linguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12019990
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Other authors / contributors:PetreĢ, Peter (Linguist), editor.
Cuyckens, H., editor.
D'Hoedt, Frauke, editor.
ISBN:9789027263995
902726399X
9789027200792
9027200793
Notes:Selected papers presented at the 18th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, (ICEHL18), held at the University of Leuven, July 14-18, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 12, 2018).
Summary:The chapters collected in this volume examine how the sociohistorical and cultural context may influence structural features of lexis and text types. Each paper pays particular attention to social 'labels' and attitudes (conservative, religious, ideological, endearing, or other), thereby focusing on their dynamic and historical dimension. Changes in these are analyzed in order to explain morphological, lexical, and textual changes that would otherwise be hard to account for. Together, they provide a varied window on the effect of historical versions of a dynamic society on lexis and text. Examining lexical and textual change in history from a sociocultural perspective teaches us a great deal - not just about the past, but it also makes us think about similar phenomena in the present, enhancing our knowledge about how universally human some of these phenomena are.
Other form:Print version: International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (18th : 2014 : Louvain, Belgium). Sociocultural dimensions of lexis and text in the history of English. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018 9789027200792