Sociolinguistic Variation in Seventeenth

Informationen zum Autor Wendy Ayres-Bennett is Reader in French Philology and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. Klappentext A systematic study of sociolinguistic variation in seventeenth-century France. Zusammenfassung A systematic study of sociolinguistic variation in seventeenth-century France. Drawing on a range of case studies! it makes available data about linguistic variation in this period! showing the wealth and variety of language usage at a time considered to be the most 'standardising' in the history of French. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: methodological issues; 2. Spoken and written French; 3. Social and stylistic variation; 4. Women's language; 5. Age, variation and change; 6. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Ayres-Bennett Wendy, Ayres-Bennett Wendy
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521129039
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12903-9
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General