ISBN:
9789027211347
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 204 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten (teilweise farbig)
Series Statement:
Advances in historical sociolinguistics volume 13
Series Statement:
Advances in historical sociolinguistics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.442/29
Keywords:
Soziolinguistik
;
Sprachvariante
;
Altenglisch
;
English language / Old English, ca. 450-1100 / Variation
;
English language / Old English, ca. 450-1100 / Social aspects
;
Great Britain / History / Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 / Sources
;
Altenglisch
;
Sprachvariante
;
Soziolinguistik
Abstract:
This is the first extensive study of Old English to utilise the insights and methodologies of sociolinguistics. Building on previous philological and historical work, it takes into account the sociology and social dialectology of Old English and offers a description of its speech communities informed by the theory of social networks and communities of practice. Specifically, this book uses data from historical narratives and legal documents and examines the interplay of linguistic innovation, variation, and change with such sociolinguistic parameters as region, scribal office, gender, and social status. Special attention is given to the processes of supralocalisation and their correlation with periods of political centralisation in the history of Anglo-Saxon England.
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