The Resource In Search of Jane Austen : the Language of the Letters, Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
In Search of Jane Austen : the Language of the Letters, Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
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- Summary
- Jane Austen's private language is rarely studied, yet her letters are a linguistic goldmine. This sociolinguistic study analyses the grammar, spelling, and vocabulary of Jane Austen's letters - many of which were addressed to her sister, Cassandra - providing readers with a deeper understanding of Austen as an author
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- ""Cover ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""ABBREVIATIONS ""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. The Language of the Letters ""; ""1.3. A Sociolinguistic Analysis ""; ""1.4. Jane Austen�s Language ""; ""1.5. A Single-Author, Focussed Corpus ""; ""1.6. The Wider Perspective ""; ""2 . Letter-Writing""; ""2.1. Introduction ""; ""2.2. The Surviving Letters and Those that Were Lost ""; ""2.3. Letter-Writing Materials ""; ""2.4. The Postal System ""; ""2.5. Letter-Writing: A Social Activity ""; ""2.6. Being Dependent on the Post ""; ""3. A Social Network of Letter-Writers ""
- ""3.1. Introduction """"3.2. Jane Austen�s Correspondents ""; ""3.3. Letter-Writing Formulas ""; ""3.3.1. An Index of Formality? ""; ""3.3.2. Opening Formulas ""; ""3.3.3. Closing Formulas ""; ""3.3.4. Dating and Signing Letters ""; ""3.4. The Correspondence Network and the Lost Letters ""; ""4. The Letters as a Corpus ""; ""4.1. Introduction ""; ""4.2. Types of Letters ""; ""4.3. Self-Corrections ""; ""4.4. Short Forms ""; ""4.5. Dashes and Capitalisation ""; ""4.6. Two Corpora for Analysis ""; ""5. The Language of the Letters: Spelling ""; ""5.1. Introduction ""
- ""5.2. A Dual Spelling System """"5.3. Epistolary Spelling ""; ""5.3.1. Tho� and Thro� ""; ""5.3.2. Older Spellings ""; ""5.3.3. Other Epistolary Spelling Features ""; ""5.4. More Variable Spelling Features ""; ""5.5. Problems with the Apostrophe ""; ""5.6. Spelling as Evidence of Pronunciation ""; ""5.7. A Consistent if Idiosyncratic Speller ""; ""6. The Language of the Letters: Words ""; ""6.1. Introduction ""; ""6.2. Jane Austen in the Oxford English Dictionary ""; ""6.3. Creative Language Use ""; ""6.4. Vulgar Words and Intensifiers ""; ""6.5. Linguistic Involvement ""
- ""6.6. Referring to Close Relatives """"6.7. Jane Austen�s Linguistic Fingerprint? ""; ""7. The Language of the Letters: Grammar ""; ""7.1. Introduction ""; ""7.2. Developing Grammatical Awareness ""; ""7.3. Variable Grammar ""; ""7.4. Verbal -ing Forms ""; ""7.5. Changing Grammar ""; ""8. Authorial Identity ""; ""8.1. Introduction ""; ""8.2. The Discarded Persuasion Chapters ""; ""8.3. Different House Styles for Mansfield Park? ""; ""8.4. Dating The Watsons ""; ""8.5. Why Analysing Spelling Matters ""; ""9. Conclusion ""; ""Appendix 1. LETTERS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT ""
- ""Appendix 2. LETTERS (SENT AND RECEIVED) REFERRED TO BY JANE AUSTEN """"Appendix 3. TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTER 139 ""; ""Appendix 4. JANE AUSTEN�S EPISTOLARY NETWORK ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""INDEX""
- Isbn
- 9780199945122
- Label
- In Search of Jane Austen : the Language of the Letters
- Title
- In Search of Jane Austen
- Title remainder
- the Language of the Letters
- Statement of responsibility
- Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
- Subject
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- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Correspondence -- History and criticism
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Language
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- English language -- 19th century -- Style
- English language -- Style
- 1800-1899
- Language and languages
- Records and correspondence
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Jane Austen's private language is rarely studied, yet her letters are a linguistic goldmine. This sociolinguistic study analyses the grammar, spelling, and vocabulary of Jane Austen's letters - many of which were addressed to her sister, Cassandra - providing readers with a deeper understanding of Austen as an author
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- Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid
- Dewey number
- 823/.7
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR4038.L3
- LC item number
- T54 2014eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Austen, Jane
- Austen, Jane
- English language
- Austen, Jane
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- English language
- Language and languages
- Label
- In Search of Jane Austen : the Language of the Letters, Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
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- ""Cover ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""ABBREVIATIONS ""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. The Language of the Letters ""; ""1.3. A Sociolinguistic Analysis ""; ""1.4. Jane Austen�s Language ""; ""1.5. A Single-Author, Focussed Corpus ""; ""1.6. The Wider Perspective ""; ""2 . Letter-Writing""; ""2.1. Introduction ""; ""2.2. The Surviving Letters and Those that Were Lost ""; ""2.3. Letter-Writing Materials ""; ""2.4. The Postal System ""; ""2.5. Letter-Writing: A Social Activity ""; ""2.6. Being Dependent on the Post ""; ""3. A Social Network of Letter-Writers ""
- ""3.1. Introduction """"3.2. Jane Austen�s Correspondents ""; ""3.3. Letter-Writing Formulas ""; ""3.3.1. An Index of Formality? ""; ""3.3.2. Opening Formulas ""; ""3.3.3. Closing Formulas ""; ""3.3.4. Dating and Signing Letters ""; ""3.4. The Correspondence Network and the Lost Letters ""; ""4. The Letters as a Corpus ""; ""4.1. Introduction ""; ""4.2. Types of Letters ""; ""4.3. Self-Corrections ""; ""4.4. Short Forms ""; ""4.5. Dashes and Capitalisation ""; ""4.6. Two Corpora for Analysis ""; ""5. The Language of the Letters: Spelling ""; ""5.1. Introduction ""
- ""5.2. A Dual Spelling System """"5.3. Epistolary Spelling ""; ""5.3.1. Tho� and Thro� ""; ""5.3.2. Older Spellings ""; ""5.3.3. Other Epistolary Spelling Features ""; ""5.4. More Variable Spelling Features ""; ""5.5. Problems with the Apostrophe ""; ""5.6. Spelling as Evidence of Pronunciation ""; ""5.7. A Consistent if Idiosyncratic Speller ""; ""6. The Language of the Letters: Words ""; ""6.1. Introduction ""; ""6.2. Jane Austen in the Oxford English Dictionary ""; ""6.3. Creative Language Use ""; ""6.4. Vulgar Words and Intensifiers ""; ""6.5. Linguistic Involvement ""
- ""6.6. Referring to Close Relatives """"6.7. Jane Austen�s Linguistic Fingerprint? ""; ""7. The Language of the Letters: Grammar ""; ""7.1. Introduction ""; ""7.2. Developing Grammatical Awareness ""; ""7.3. Variable Grammar ""; ""7.4. Verbal -ing Forms ""; ""7.5. Changing Grammar ""; ""8. Authorial Identity ""; ""8.1. Introduction ""; ""8.2. The Discarded Persuasion Chapters ""; ""8.3. Different House Styles for Mansfield Park? ""; ""8.4. Dating The Watsons ""; ""8.5. Why Analysing Spelling Matters ""; ""9. Conclusion ""; ""Appendix 1. LETTERS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT ""
- ""Appendix 2. LETTERS (SENT AND RECEIVED) REFERRED TO BY JANE AUSTEN """"Appendix 3. TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTER 139 ""; ""Appendix 4. JANE AUSTEN�S EPISTOLARY NETWORK ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""INDEX""
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- 9780199945122
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- (OCoLC)869281788
- Label
- In Search of Jane Austen : the Language of the Letters, Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
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- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- ""Cover ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""ABBREVIATIONS ""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. The Language of the Letters ""; ""1.3. A Sociolinguistic Analysis ""; ""1.4. Jane Austen�s Language ""; ""1.5. A Single-Author, Focussed Corpus ""; ""1.6. The Wider Perspective ""; ""2 . Letter-Writing""; ""2.1. Introduction ""; ""2.2. The Surviving Letters and Those that Were Lost ""; ""2.3. Letter-Writing Materials ""; ""2.4. The Postal System ""; ""2.5. Letter-Writing: A Social Activity ""; ""2.6. Being Dependent on the Post ""; ""3. A Social Network of Letter-Writers ""
- ""3.1. Introduction """"3.2. Jane Austen�s Correspondents ""; ""3.3. Letter-Writing Formulas ""; ""3.3.1. An Index of Formality? ""; ""3.3.2. Opening Formulas ""; ""3.3.3. Closing Formulas ""; ""3.3.4. Dating and Signing Letters ""; ""3.4. The Correspondence Network and the Lost Letters ""; ""4. The Letters as a Corpus ""; ""4.1. Introduction ""; ""4.2. Types of Letters ""; ""4.3. Self-Corrections ""; ""4.4. Short Forms ""; ""4.5. Dashes and Capitalisation ""; ""4.6. Two Corpora for Analysis ""; ""5. The Language of the Letters: Spelling ""; ""5.1. Introduction ""
- ""5.2. A Dual Spelling System """"5.3. Epistolary Spelling ""; ""5.3.1. Tho� and Thro� ""; ""5.3.2. Older Spellings ""; ""5.3.3. Other Epistolary Spelling Features ""; ""5.4. More Variable Spelling Features ""; ""5.5. Problems with the Apostrophe ""; ""5.6. Spelling as Evidence of Pronunciation ""; ""5.7. A Consistent if Idiosyncratic Speller ""; ""6. The Language of the Letters: Words ""; ""6.1. Introduction ""; ""6.2. Jane Austen in the Oxford English Dictionary ""; ""6.3. Creative Language Use ""; ""6.4. Vulgar Words and Intensifiers ""; ""6.5. Linguistic Involvement ""
- ""6.6. Referring to Close Relatives """"6.7. Jane Austen�s Linguistic Fingerprint? ""; ""7. The Language of the Letters: Grammar ""; ""7.1. Introduction ""; ""7.2. Developing Grammatical Awareness ""; ""7.3. Variable Grammar ""; ""7.4. Verbal -ing Forms ""; ""7.5. Changing Grammar ""; ""8. Authorial Identity ""; ""8.1. Introduction ""; ""8.2. The Discarded Persuasion Chapters ""; ""8.3. Different House Styles for Mansfield Park? ""; ""8.4. Dating The Watsons ""; ""8.5. Why Analysing Spelling Matters ""; ""9. Conclusion ""; ""Appendix 1. LETTERS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT ""
- ""Appendix 2. LETTERS (SENT AND RECEIVED) REFERRED TO BY JANE AUSTEN """"Appendix 3. TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTER 139 ""; ""Appendix 4. JANE AUSTEN�S EPISTOLARY NETWORK ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""INDEX""
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- 1 online resource
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- Form of item
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- Isbn
- 9780199945122
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- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869281788
Subject
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Correspondence -- History and criticism
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Language
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- English language -- 19th century -- Style
- English language -- Style
- 1800-1899
- Language and languages
- Records and correspondence
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
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