Monthly Archives: July 2012

MA course on letters at Leiden

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Ingrid Tieken

Next semester, an MA course will be taught at the University of Leiden called Letters as Sociohistorical-linguistic documents: Sociolinguists want to get access to informal spoken language – an impossible aim for the historical sociolinguist. In this course we will … Continue reading →

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Boswell in Leiden

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Ingrid Tieken

Source: University of Leiden, BPL 246/ Boswell 1763/1764). The letter is addressed to Abraham Gronovius, (1695-1775), Librarian of the University of Leiden. Gronovius was a former fellow student of James Boswell’s father. The letter is undated, but it must have been … Continue reading →

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