Norms and Conventions in the History of English

In: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory Ser. v.347

In: Current issues in linguistic theory Volume 347

Abstract

Intro -- NORMS AND CONVENTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Linguistic norms and conventions: Past and Present -- References -- Usage guides and the Age of Prescriptivism -- 1. Introduction -- 2. On the rise of prescriptivism -- 3. The earliest English usage guides -- 4. Irregular verbs: A case study -- 5. The effects of prescriptivism -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- "Splendidly prejudiced": Words for disapproval in English usage books -- References -- Appendix A. Usage guides in Complete-handbook Corpus (CHC) -- Appendix B. Search terms -- Paradigm shifts in 19th-century British grammar writing: A network of texts and authors -- 1. Introduction: 19th-century grammar writing -- 2. The corpus and methodology -- 3. Results of network and frequency analysis -- 4. Summary and conclusion -- References -- Corpus of 19th-century grammar books -- Other grammar books -- Appendix. Search terms used in network analysis -- Promotional conventions on English title-pages up to 1550: Modifiers of time, scope, and quality -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Promotional paratext and the early development of the title-page -- 3. Advertising discourse -- 4. The present study -- 5. Modifiers of time, scope, and quality on early English title-pages -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- What can we learn from constructed speech errors? Mrs Malaprop revisited -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Defining malapropisms -- 3. Mrs Malaprop's language: A literary sociolect -- 4. Mrs Malaprop's malapropisms and modern speech error typology: Terminological questions and problems -- 5. Testing Mrs Malaprop: A sample analysis of structural features -- 6. Malapropisms and semantics -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendix.