Chapter published in:
Records of Real People: Linguistic variation in Middle English local documentsEdited by Merja Stenroos and Kjetil V. Thengs
[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics 11] 2020
► pp. 37–68
Chapter 3The categorization of Middle English documents
Interactions of function, form and language
Merja Stenroos | University of Stavanger
Geir Bergstrøm | University of Stavanger
Kjetil V. Thengs | University of Stavanger
Article outline
- 3.1Introduction: Categorizing documents
- 3.2The framework: Textual parameters and contexts of text production
- 3.3Categorizing the functions of Middle English local documents
- 3.3.1The functions of documentary texts
- 3.3.2Function vs genre
- 3.3.3Functional categories in MELD
- 3.4Who produced the documents? Communities, institutions and domains
- 3.5Function and code selection
- 3.6Function and the material context
- 3.7Conclusions
Published online: 10 December 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.11.03ste
https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.11.03ste