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Social roles and language practices in late modern English
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Social roles and language practices in late modern English

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"Social roles and language practices in late modern English, organized as a workshop in the Third Late Modern English Conference in Leiden in August 2007"--Pref.

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Mr spectator, identity and social roles in an early eighteenth-century community of practice and the periodical discourse community / Susan M. Fitzmaurice
How eighteenth-century book reviewers became language guardians / Carol Percy
"If You think me obstinate I can't help it": exploring the epistolary styles and social roles of Elizabeth Montagu and Sarah Scott / Anni Sairio
Reporting and social role construction in eighteenth-century personal correspondence / Minna Palander-Collin and Minna Nevala
Preacher, scholar, brother, friend: social roles and code-switching in the writings of Thomas Twining / Arja Nurmi and Päivi Pahta
The social space of an eighteenth-century governess: modality and reference in the private letters and journals of Agnes Porter / Arja Nurmi and Minna Nevala
Building trust through (self- )appraisal in nineteenth-century business correspondence / Marina Dossena
Good-natured fellows and poor mothers : defining social roles in British nineteenth-century children's literature / Hanna Andersdotter Sveen.

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