29.3341, Books: Sociocultural Dimensions of Lexis and Text in the History of English: Petré, Cuyckens, D'hoedt (eds.)

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:19:17
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Sociocultural Dimensions of Lexis and Text in the History of English: Petré, Cuyckens, D'hoedt (eds.)

 


Title: Sociocultural Dimensions of Lexis and Text in the History of
English 
Series Title: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 343  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/cilt.343 


Editor: Peter Petré
Editor: Hubert Cuyckens
Editor: Frauke D'hoedt

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263995 Pages: 266 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263995 Pages: 266 Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263995 Pages: 266 Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027200792 Pages: 266 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027200792 Pages: 266 Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027200792 Pages: 266 Price: Europe EURO 104.94


Abstract:

The chapters collected in this volume examine how the sociohistorical and
cultural context may influence structural features of lexis and text types.
Each paper pays particular attention to social ‘labels’ and attitudes
(conservative, religious, ideological, endearing, or other), thereby focusing
on their dynamic and historical dimension. Changes in these are analyzed in
order to explain morphological, lexical, and textual changes that would
otherwise be hard to account for. Together, they provide a varied window on
the effect of historical versions of a dynamic society on lexis and text.
Examining lexical and textual change in history from a sociocultural
perspective teaches us a great deal – not just about the past, but it also
makes us think about similar phenomena in the present, enhancing our knowledge
about how universally human some of these phenomena are. This volume will be
of great interest to (English) historical linguists, sociolinguists, and
scholars of sociohistorical and cultural studies.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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