Women's language : an analysis of style and expression in letters before 1800 /

By linguistic close-reading of more than a thousand letters from the 12th through the 18th centurieswritten in Latin, Swedish, French, German, and Englishthis compilation analyzes the differences in language and communication between women and men. Armed with an exhaustive stylistic analysis, this v...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Haettner Aurelius, Eva, 1948- (Editor), Gunneng, Hedda (Editor), Helgason, Jon, 1971- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Swedish
Published: Lund : Nordic Academic Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Letters > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women > Language.
Femmes > Langage.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Letters.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters
Letters > Women authors
Women > Language
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical foundation / Eva Hættner Aurelius
  • Linguistic stylistics : methodological considerations / Hedda Gunneng & Börje Westlund
  • Medieval letters in Latin / Hedda Gunneng
  • Swedish letters c.1700-1740 and c.1740-1800 / Marie Löwendahl & Börje Westlund
  • Letters in French in the eighteenth century / Elisabet Hammar
  • English letters from the long eighteenth century / Lena Olsson
  • German letters in the eighteenth century / Jon Helgason
  • Project summary and conclusions / Hedda Gunneng.

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