Letter writing and language change / edited by Anita Auer, Utrecht University ; Daniel Schreie, University of Zurich ; Richard J. Watts, University of Berne.
"Unlike formal writing, informal writing is much closer to spoken language, so studying letters from the past provides us with clues to the development of nonstandard varieties of English. Led by a team of experts, this book draws on a range of informal letter corpora and outlines the historica...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Studies in English language.
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