Bös Birte, Claridge Claudia (Eds.). Norms and Conventions in the History of English

John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2019. — 223 p. — (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 347).This volume explores changing norms and conventions in the English language, as displayed in a broad range of historical data from more than five centuries. The contributions discuss the interplay of sociocultural conditions, specific discourse traditions and structural aspects of language, paying special attention to the communities where norms and conventions are displayed and shaped in verbal interaction. The volume is enriched by systematic terminological clarifications, interdisciplinary approaches and the introduction of new methods like network analysis and advanced analytical tools and forms of visualisation into the diachronic investigation of historical texts.Linguistic norms and conventions: Past and present - Birte Bös and Claudia Claridge
Usage guides and the Age of Prescriptivism - Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
“Splendidly prejudiced”: Words for disapproval in English usage guides - Don Chapman
Paradigm shifts in 19th-century British grammar writing: A network of texts and authors - Beatrix Busse, Kirsten Gather and Ingo Kleiber
Promotional conventions on English title-pages up to 1550: Modifiers of time, scope, and quality - Mari-Liisa Varila and Matti Peikola
What can we learn from constructed speech errors? Mrs Malaprop revisited - Lucia Kornexl
The proverbial discourse tradition in the history of English: A usage-based view - Claudia Lückert
Testing a stylometric tool in the study of Middle English documentary texts - Martti Mäkinen
Pragmatic and formulaic uses of shall and will in Older Scots and Early Modern English official letter writing - Christine Elsweiler
Studying dialect spelling in its own right: Suggestions from a case study - Göran Wolf