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Zusatztext "This most important book introduces and describes in detail a computerized corpus of English texts representing twentieth-century working-class speech. It is also of great value as an introduction to the ways in which spoken English of earlier centuries can be approached and analyzed! and how the comparison between written and spoken language can help us to understand the long history of English."Matti Rissanen! University of Helsinki! Finland"[?] the author's enthusiasm for his material is infectious [?] this is a highly readable! pioneering voyage into the spoken vernacular of the period 1852 to 1940! a demonstration of what is methodically possible! and a celebration of uniquely rich collections of language material."Jonathan Culpeper! Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics 2018; 4(2): 281-284"[Thisbook] is well-written! well-organized! and the observations and analyses are presented with clarity and conciseness."Ulrike Krischke! Anglia 2019; 137(2): 351-356 Informationen zum Autor Ivor Timmis is Reader in English Language Teaching at Leeds Beckett University, UK Klappentext This book uses historical sources to discuss continuity and change in spoken language. Based on two corpora compiled using data from studies of Victorian London and 1930s Bolton, it shows how historical spoken corpora can illuminate the nature of spoken language and attitudes, values and behaviour of the specific community represented in a corpus. Zusammenfassung This book uses historical sources to discuss continuity and change in spoken language. Based on two corpora compiled using data from studies of Victorian London and 1930s Bolton, it shows how historical spoken corpora can illuminate the nature of spoken language and attitudes, values and behaviour of the specific community represented in a corpus. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction – In search of spoken language in the past Chapter 2 The Bolton/Worktown Corpus (BWC) and the Mayhew Corpus (MC) Chapter 3 Windows on Society: pronouns and vague category markers Chapter 4 Evaluation, Affect and Intensity Chapter 5: Dialect and identity Chapter 6 Sources and resources for historical spoken language research: beyond the MC and the BWC Chapter 7 Vernacular grammar: longevity and obsolescence Chapter 8 Vernacular continuity Chapter 9 Reflections ...
