The language of public and private communication in a historical perspective. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nicholas Brownlees, Gabriella Del Lungo and John Denton.
• Other Names: Brownlees, Nicholas; Del Lungo, Gabriella; Denton, John
• Contents: Introduction / Gabriella Del Lungo Camiciotii -- Communicative competence and the language of eighteenth-century letters / Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade -- "We beg to suggest" : features of legal English in late modern business letters / Marina Dossena -- Keywords, collocations and ideology : an analysis of the Castlereagh Act of union correspondence in its political context / Alessandra Levorato -- The language of Charles Darwin's Red Notebook / Antonio Bertacca -- Motions and emotions in a lady traveller's writing / Gabriella Di Martino -- In the Queen's name : the writings of Elizabeth I between public and private communication / Giovanni Iamartino and Angela Andreani -- "Hail Mary" goes underground : public and private religious discourse in 16th century England / John Denton -- Eighteenth-century London non-standard spellings as evidenced by servants', tradesmen's and shopkeepers' bills / Laura wright -- Capt. Badiley's answer unto Capt. Appleton's remonstrance (1653) : the recontextualisation in print of private correspondence / Nicholas Brownlees -- Identifying diversity in English newspapers in 1701 / Udo Fries -- Diologic quotation patterns in historical news reports / Birte Bos -- Witness narratives in 17th century trial proceedings : a case study of historical courtroom public discourse / Elisabetta Cecconi -- The evolution of a distinct Australian lexis as seen in the public discourse of nineteenth century bush ballads and spoken verse / Thomas Christiansen -- Spanish borrowings in early modern English travelogues and dictionaries, or how to make the new reality in the Spanish colonies intelligible to English readers / Alicia Rodriquez-Alvarez -- Adjective comparison in early modern English : variation across genres in public and private discourse / Salena Sampson -- Etymology, genealogy and hagiographical Auctoritas in the works of Osbern Bokenham : redeeming the public voice of English poetry / Alice Spencer -- "A simple and popular description" : popularization of natural science in the Natural History Rambles of J.G. Wood / Eleonora Chiavetta -- "Gull'd by the enchanting tongues of Quack and Zany" : the rhetoric of nostrum marketing in speech and print in early modern London / Roberta Mullini.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 381 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 401.4109; Language; Discourse analysis; Interpersonal communication -- History; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Vocabulary; REFERENCE -- Word Lists; Discourse analysis; Interpersonal communication; Tekstwetenschap; Discourse analysis; Wetenschappelijke teksten; Language: history & general works; Communication studies; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443822022; 1443822027
• Related ISBNs: 9781443821414; 1443821411
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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