{"product_id":"nineteenth-century-english-stability-and-change-paperback-9780521117241","title":"Nineteenth-Century English; Stability and Change (Paperback) 9780521117241","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNineteenth-Century English\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStability and Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume explores English in the nineteenth century, showing it to be a period of both stability and change for the language.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMerja Kytö (Edited by), Mats Rydén (Edited by), Erik Smitterberg (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521117241, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages, 2 b\/w illus.  121 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This volume is an important and highly welcome contribution to the investigation of nineteenth-century English and to the corpus-based diachronic study of linguistic variation in general. It goes without saying that it provides further evidence for the fact that the nineteenth century is a very attractive period in the history of English which merits the particular attention of historical linguists.' Journal of English Language and Linguistics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume of Studies in English Language focuses on the nineteenth century, an important period of both stability and change for the English language. Through ten detailed case studies, it highlights the relationships between English, its users, and nineteenth-century society, looking particularly at gender differences and variation across genres. It also discusses major structural aspects of nineteenth-century English, such as nouns, verbs and adjectives, and Germanic vs. Romance vocabulary. Although the nineteenth century is often viewed as a relatively stable period in the development of the language, this volume shows the 1800s to be a time of significant change, some of which continued into the twentieth century. By making comparisons possible with both earlier and later periods, it makes an important contribution to our overall understanding of the history of the English language.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of plates\u003cbr\u003e List of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: exploring nineteenth century English - past and present perspectives Merja Kytö, Mats Rydén and Erik Smitterberg\u003cbr\u003e 1. Modifiers describing women and men in nineteenth-century English Ingegerd Bäcklund\u003cbr\u003e 2. Words in English Record Office documents of the early 1800s Tony Fairman\u003cbr\u003e 3. The subjunctive in adverbial clauses in nineteenth-century English Peter Grund and Terry Walker\u003cbr\u003e 4. The passive in nineteenth-century scientific writing Larisa Oldireva Gustafsson\u003cbr\u003e 5. Relativizers in nineteenth-century English Christine Johansson\u003cbr\u003e 6. Anaphoric reference in the nineteenth century: 'that\/those + of' constructions Mark Kaunisto\u003cbr\u003e 7. Adjective comparison in nineteenth-century English Merja Kytö and Suzanne Romaine\u003cbr\u003e 8. Nonfinite complement clauses in the nineteenth century: the case of 'remember' Christian Mair\u003cbr\u003e 9. The 'in-ing' construction in British English, 1800–2000 Juhani Rudanko\u003cbr\u003e 10. Partitive constructions in nineteenth-century English Erik Smitterberg\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Name index\u003cbr\u003e Subject index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006524313880,"sku":"9780521117241","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521117241i_a74b4e7f-58d1-46bc-af95-bafa352c37f2.jpg?v=1691371553","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/nineteenth-century-english-stability-and-change-paperback-9780521117241","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}