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Finding new norms of usage

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Ingrid Tieken

William Clift (1775-1849) has been mentioned several times on this blog already. One of the reasons his language is interesting is that by studying the letters you can see how he substitutes one linguistic model, that of his sister Elizabeth … Continue reading →

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