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Author_Ivor Timmis
BNC
Bolton
bolton corpus
Bolton Dialect
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dialect studies
Early English Correspondence
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God Daughter
Henry Machyn
Historical American English
historical corpus
Historical corpus linguistics
historical sociolinguistics
Historical Spoken
Historical spoken language
historical spoken language corpora
Historical Spoken Language Research
Homophoric Reference
informal speech research
Ivor Timmis
Julian Trevelyan
language change
language change history
Left Dislocation
Mayhew corpus
Oxford Text Archive
Past Participle Forms
Plural Np
sociolinguistic analysis
Spoken Corpus
spoken language corpus
Vague Category Markers
Vernacular Continuity
vernacular grammar
Vernacular Language
Vernacular Universals
Victorian era language
Wentworth Papers
Worktown corpus
Worktown Project
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138938717
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 24 Aug 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Historical Research on Spoken Language: Corpus Perspectives uses historical sources to discuss continuity and change in spoken language. Based on two corpora compiled using data from sociological and anthropological studies of Victorian London and 1930s Bolton, the author shows how historical spoken corpora can illuminate the nature of spoken language as well as the attitudes, values and behaviour of the specific community represented in a corpus. This book:
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- demonstrates how spoken language can be examined using material collected before the advent of sophisticated recording equipment and large-scale computerised corpora;
- shows how other written sources such as diaries, letters and existing historical corpora can be used to analyse informal language use as far back as the fifteenth century;
- provides insight into the longevity and resilience of many spoken language features which are often regarded as vernacular or non-standard;
- comes with a companion website which gives full access to the Bolton Worktown Corpus.
Historical Research on Spoken Language is key reading for researchers and students working in relevant areas.
Ivor Timmis is Reader in English Language Teaching at Leeds Beckett University, UK
