Historical Sociolinguistics

<p><em>Historical Sociolinguistics: Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England</em> is the seminal text in the field of historical sociolinguistics. Demonstrating the real-world application of sociolinguistic research methodologies this book examines the social factors which promoted linguistic changes in English laying the foundation for Modern Standard English. </p><p>This revised edition of Nevalainen and Raumolin-Brunberg's ground-breaking work: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>discusses the grammatical developments that shaped English in the early modern period;</li> <p> </p> <li>presents the sociolinguistic factors affecting linguistic change in Tudor and Stuart English including gender social status and regional variation;</li> <p> </p> <li>showcases the authors' research into personal letters from the people who were the driving force behind these changes; and</li> <p> </p> <li>demonstrates how historical linguists can make use of social and demographic history to analyse linguistic variation over an extended period of time.</li> </ul><p>With brand new chapters on language change and the individual and on newly developed sociolinguistic research methods <i>Historical Sociolinguistics</i> is essential reading for all students and researchers in this area.</p>