This volume focuses on the relationship and interaction of language and science between 1700 and 1900. It pays particular attention to English History writing i

Jane Austen's private language is rarely studied, yet her letters are a linguistic goldmine. This sociolinguistic study analyses the grammar, spelling, and voca

In recent years there has been a renewed interest in correspondence both as a literary genre and as cultural practice, and several studies have appeared, mainly

Some twenty years ago it was widely believed that nothing much happened to the English language since the beginning of the eighteenth century. Recent research h

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