Description

The Language of Queen Elizabeth I presents one of the first diachronic accounts of the language – the idiolect – of the Tudor monarch who ruled England and Ireland from 1558-1603.

  • Suggests that Elizabeth I was a leader of language innovation and change, using it to build her complex social identity as a female monarch in a masculine position of power
  • Examines a number of the monarch’s letters, speeches, and translations
  • Establishes Elizabeth I’s participation in ten morpho-syntactic changes and explores her spelling practice
  • Develops theoretical and methodological frameworks of variationist sociolinguistics through the analysis of the individual speaker
  • Argues for the significance of style as a linguistic and material property in our account of language variation and change

The Language of Queen Elizabeth I: A Sociolinguistic Perspective on Royal Style and Identity

Product form

£22.99

Includes FREE delivery
Usually despatched within 5 days
Paperback / softback by Mel Evans

1 in stock

Short Description:

The Language of Queen Elizabeth I presents one of the first diachronic accounts of the language – the idiolect –... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 11/10/2013
    ISBN13: 9781118672877, 978-1118672877
    ISBN10: 1118672879

    Number of Pages: 266

    Non Fiction , Dictionaries, Reference & Language

    Description

    The Language of Queen Elizabeth I presents one of the first diachronic accounts of the language – the idiolect – of the Tudor monarch who ruled England and Ireland from 1558-1603.

    • Suggests that Elizabeth I was a leader of language innovation and change, using it to build her complex social identity as a female monarch in a masculine position of power
    • Examines a number of the monarch’s letters, speeches, and translations
    • Establishes Elizabeth I’s participation in ten morpho-syntactic changes and explores her spelling practice
    • Develops theoretical and methodological frameworks of variationist sociolinguistics through the analysis of the individual speaker
    • Argues for the significance of style as a linguistic and material property in our account of language variation and change

    Customer Reviews

    Be the first to write a review
    0%
    (0)
    0%
    (0)
    0%
    (0)
    0%
    (0)
    0%
    (0)

    Recently viewed products

    © 2025 Book Curl,

      • American Express
      • Apple Pay
      • Diners Club
      • Discover
      • Google Pay
      • Maestro
      • Mastercard
      • PayPal
      • Shop Pay
      • Union Pay
      • Visa

      Login

      Forgot your password?

      Don't have an account yet?
      Create account