Sociolinguistic Variation in Old English: Records of Communities and People - Couverture rigide

Timofeeva, Olga

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9027211345 ISBN 13 : 9789027211347

Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2022

Synopsis

This is the first extensive study of Old English to utilise the insights and methodologies of sociolinguistics. Building on previous philological and historical work, it takes into account the sociology and social dialectology of Old English and offers a description of its speech communities informed by the theory of social networks and communities of practice. Specifically, this book uses data from historical narratives and legal documents and examines the interplay of linguistic innovation, variation, and change with such sociolinguistic parameters as region, scribal office, gender, and social status. Special attention is given to the processes of supralocalisation and their correlation with periods of political centralisation in the history of Anglo-Saxon England.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9027211345
• ISBN 13: 9789027211347
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible