The first full study of intensifiers in Late Modern English, combining a range of different theoretical perspectives on courtroom discourse.

The past few decades have witnessed an unprecedented surge of interest in the language of the Late Modern English period. Late Modern English: Novel Encounters

The studies presented in this volume concentrate on aspects of Late Modern English correspondence in the usage of individuals belonging to different social clas

This collection reflects Minoji Akimoto's concern with studies of change in English that are theoretically-informed, but founded on substantial bodies of data.

Using increasingly sophisticated databases, this volume explores grammatical usage from the Late Modern period in a broad context.