Syntactic Change in Late Modern English: Studies on Colloquialization and Densification

Author:   Erik Smitterberg (Uppsala Universitet, Sweden)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108474221


Pages:   300
Publication Date:   25 November 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Syntactic Change in Late Modern English: Studies on Colloquialization and Densification


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Syntactic Change in Late Modern English presents a stability paradox to linguists; despite the many social changes that took place between 1700 and 1900, the language appeared to be structurally stable during this period. This book resolves this paradox by presenting a new, idiolect-centred perspective on language change, and shows how this framework is applicable to change in any language. It then demonstrates how an idiolect-centred framework can be reconciled with corpus-linguistic methodology through four original case studies. These concern colloquialization (the process by which oral features spread to writing) and densification (the process by which meaning is condensed into shorter linguistic units), two types of change that characterize Modern English. The case studies also shed light on the role of genre and gender in language change and contribute to the discussion of how to operationalize frequency in corpus linguistics. This study will be essential reading for researchers in historical linguistics, corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics.

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Author:   Erik Smitterberg (Uppsala Universitet, Sweden)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9781108474221


ISBN 10:   1108474225
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   25 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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'… Erik Smitterberg deserves praise for a twin achievement. For those readers who are primarily interested in Late Modern English syntax as it relates to colloquialisation and densification, his book provides rich corpus illustration and cogent analyses on many points of detail. Readers coming to the book with a more general interest in the role of corpus approaches in modelling syntactic change will benefit from much intelligent discussion of how the collective community record preserved in corpora relates to the historical dynamics of social networks and individual usage.' Christian Mair, English Language and Linguistics


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Erik Smitterberg is Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics in the Department of English at Uppsala University. Recent publications include Late Modern English (co-edited, 2020).

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