Sociolinguistic variation in Old English records of communities and people / Olga Timofeeva, University of Zurich.
| Author/creator | Timofeeva, Olga |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2022] |
| Description | xiv, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Advances in historical sociolinguistics, 2214-1057 ; volume 13 |
| Contents | Sociolinguistic approaches to the study of Old English -- Social networks at the court of King Alfred -- Legal Old English and its communities -- Diplomas : members of the assemblies and variation by archive -- Writs : conservatism and sociolinguistic variation -- Wills : variation by archive and gender -- Mixed-language practices of William I's chancery : contact and innovation. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-196) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022014468 |
| ISBN | 9789027211347 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
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