Testifying to Language and Life in Early Modern England
Including a CD-ROM containing An Electronic Text Edition of Depositions 1560–1760 (ETED)
ETED combines modern corpus linguistic methodology and editorial theory, and makes available faithful transcriptions of 905 depositions drawn from manuscripts from different areas of early modern England. The depositions, which total c. 267,000 words, cover testimony by men and women of different ages and social strata. In order to cater to a variety of uses and users, the ETED CD-ROM provides the depositions in five electronic formats (XML, resolved XML, HTML, TXT and PDF), as well as a data retrieval program and a number of support files.
The book explores the genre, the socio-historical and legal background, and the language of depositions. Together with the book, ETED constitutes a significant resource for researchers of corpus linguistics, historical pragmatics and historical sociolinguistics, and for social and legal historians.
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | pp. xi–xii
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List of manuscript images on the ETED CD | pp. xiii–xviii
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List of figures, maps and tables | pp. xix–xxi
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1. IntroductionMerja Kytö, Peter J. Grund and Terry Walker | pp. 1–14
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2. Genre characteristicsPeter J. Grund and Terry Walker | pp. 15–56
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3. Historical contextTerry Walker | pp. 57–100
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4. Legal backgroundTerry Walker | pp. 101–146
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5. Scribes and scribal practicesPeter J. Grund | pp. 147–180
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6. The languages of the depositionsPeter J. Grund | pp. 181–214
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7. Linguistic variation and change in the depositionsTerry Walker and Merja Kytö | pp. 215–246
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8. ETED: Distribution versions, editorial principles, and viewing and search optionsMerja Kytö | pp. 247–282
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9. ConclusionMerja Kytö, Peter J. Grund and Terry Walker | pp. 283–287
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GlossaryPeter J. Grund | pp. 289–322
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Appendix 1. Word counts | pp. 323–328
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Appendix 2. Chronology of historical events | pp. 329–330
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Appendix 3. Hyphens | pp. 331–334
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Name index | pp. 351–353
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Subject index | pp. 355–360
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