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Sociocultural Dimensions of Lexis and Text in the History of English
Edited by Peter Petré, Hubert Cuyckens and Frauke D'hoedt
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 343] 2018
► pp. 1–12

Introduction

Philology as linguistically informed cultural history

Article outline
  • Conspicuous lexical choice in past societies
  • Historical layers in text and genre
  • Lexis, morphology, and a changing society
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 4 July 2018
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