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Text Types and the History of English (Hardcover, Reprint 2013)
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Text Types and the History of English (Hardcover, Reprint 2013)
Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
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The history of modern European languages has been largely
determined by the range of functions they have acquired,
particularly after 1500. This development necessitated a notable
expansion of their syntax and lexis, but is most characteristically
reflected in the conventionalization of text types. Starting from
the German concept of Textsorte as developed from the 1960s
onwards, the present account is a first comprehensive attempt at
charting the field for the history and present-day situation of the
English language. In text types, a designation is linked with a
more or less stable form which guides the writer's production as
well as the reader's expectation, permitting one to recognize
straightforward uses as well as deliberate misuses. Some two
thousand of such designations are here listed with minimal
definitions and dates for first occurrences. The discussion then
concentrates on selected types, which are seen as especially
illustrative for English: book dedications, cooking recipes,
advertisements, church hymns, lexical entries, and jokes. Their
functions and development over time are treated in correlation with
their specific linguistic characteristics and adaptations to
different period styles and social changes in the readership. The
functional range of text types in traditions outside England and
the consequences of the export of English categories are
exemplified by the history of Scots/Scottish English and of English
in India. The arguments are accompanied by a lavish supply of
textual excerpts and more than fifty pages of facsimiles, which are
especially relevant for insights derived from typographical
features. A full bibliography and indices are provided at the end.
The book will prove useful for decisions on the constitution of
representative text corpora and stimulate research into a greater
number of individual text types as well as contrastive analyses at
least among European languages.
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