Letter Writing In Late Modern Europe (pragmatics & Beyond New Series)
by Marina Dossena /
2012 / English / PDF
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In recent years there has been a renewed interest in correspondence
both as a literary genre and as cultural practice, and several
studies have appeared, mainly spanning the centuries between Early
and Late Modern times. However, it is between the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries that the roots of contemporary usage begin to
evolve, thanks to the circulation of new educational materials and
more widespread schooling practices.
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in correspondence
both as a literary genre and as cultural practice, and several
studies have appeared, mainly spanning the centuries between Early
and Late Modern times. However, it is between the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries that the roots of contemporary usage begin to
evolve, thanks to the circulation of new educational materials and
more widespread schooling practices.
In this volume, chapters representing diverse but complementary
methodological approaches discuss linguistic and discursive
practices of correspondence in Late Modern Europe, in order to
offer material for the comparative, cross-linguistic analyses of
patterns occurring in different social contexts.
In this volume, chapters representing diverse but complementary
methodological approaches discuss linguistic and discursive
practices of correspondence in Late Modern Europe, in order to
offer material for the comparative, cross-linguistic analyses of
patterns occurring in different social contexts.
The volume aims to provide a general and solid methodological
structure for the study of largely untapped language material from
a variety of comparable sources, and is expected to appeal to
scholars and students interested in the linguistic history of
epistolary writing practices, as well as to all those interested in
the more recent history of European languages.
The volume aims to provide a general and solid methodological
structure for the study of largely untapped language material from
a variety of comparable sources, and is expected to appeal to
scholars and students interested in the linguistic history of
epistolary writing practices, as well as to all those interested in
the more recent history of European languages.
