| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 159 pages). |
| Series |
Benjamins current topics, 1874-0081 ; v. 1 |
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Benjamins current topics ; v. 1.
1874-0081
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Letter Writing; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; About the authors; Introduction; Power and politeness; Letters; Text in context; Intertextual networks in the correspondence of Lady Katherine Paston; Inside and out; Yours sincerely and yours affectionately; "The pleasure of receiving your favour"; Review of "The Familiar Letter in Early Modern English: A Pragmatic Approach" by Susan Fitzmaurice; The series Benjamins Current Topics (BCT). |
| Summary |
The contributions in this book discuss letter-writing from 1400 to 1800, and the material studied ranges from the late medieval Paston Letters and the correspondence between Sweden and the German Hanse to Early Modern English family letters and correspondence in natural history between England and North America in the eighteenth century. By bringing a set of corpus linguistic, discourse analytic, pragmatic and sociolinguistic approaches to bear on historical letter-writing activity, the articles both extend and complement the traditional letter-writing research in the history of European langu. |
| Subject |
Letters.
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Letter writing.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Letter writing. (OCoLC)fst00996699
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Letters. (OCoLC)fst00996779
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| Added Author |
Nevalainen, Terttu.
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Tanskanen, Sanna-Kaisa.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Letter writing. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007 9789027222312 (DLC) 2007004709 |
| ISBN |
9789027293008 (electronic bk.) |
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9027293007 (electronic bk.) |
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