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On Intra-writer Variation

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Ingrid Tieken

Earlier this year, a book was published, edited by Markus Schiegg and Judith Huber, called Intra-Witer Variation in Historical Sociolinguistics (Lausanne etc.: Peter Lang, 2023). In includes a substantial number of papers on a variety of different languages and on … Continue reading →

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The varying degree of formality in John Wesley’s letters

Posted on October 14, 2012 by rilanagravel

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In the course Letters as Sociohistorical-Linguistic Documents, we have learned that social status was of great importance in the late modern English society. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that especially experienced writers applied a variety of different styles to … Continue reading →

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