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Social Roles and Language Practices in Late Modern EnglishEdited by Päivi Pahta, Minna Nevala, Arja Nurmi and Minna Palander-Collin
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 195] 2010
► pp. v–vi
Edited by Päivi Pahta, Minna Nevala, Arja Nurmi and Minna Palander-Collin
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 195] 2010
► pp. v–vi
Table of contents
Preface
Language practices in the construction of social roles in Late Modern English
Mr Spectator, identity and social roles in an early eighteenth-century community of practice and the periodical discourse community
How eighteenth-century book reviewers became language guardians
“if You think me obstinate I can’t help it”: Exploring the epistolary styles and social roles of Elizabeth Montagu and Sarah Scott
Reporting and social role construction in eighteenth-century personal correspondence
Preacher, scholar, brother, friend: Social roles and code-switching in the writings of Thomas Twining
The social space of an eighteenth-century governess: Modality and reference in the private letters and journals of Agnes Porter
Building trust through (self-)appraisal in nineteenth-century business correspondence
Good-natured fellows and poor mothers: Defining social roles in British nineteenth-century children’s literature
Name index
Subject index
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