LINGUIST List 11.709

Wed Mar 29 2000

TOC: Journal of English Linguistics

Editor for this issue: Scott Fults <scottlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Charles Meyer, Journal of English Linguistics: Special Issue

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 Journal of English Linguistics
 March 2000
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 Special Issue on Historical Corpora
 Edited by Anne Curzan and Charles Meyer

CONTENTS

The World of English Historical Corpora: from Caedmon to the Computer
Age
 -Matti Rissanen

Historical Change in the Language Use of Women and Men: Gender
Differences in Dramatic Dialogue
 -Doug Biber and Jen� Burges

Gender Differences in the Evolution of Standard English: Evidence from
the Corpus of Early English Correspondence
 -Terttu Nevalainen

Conventions of Professional Writing: The Medical Case Report in a
Historical Perspective
 -Irma Taavitsainen and P�ivi Pahta

English Historical Corpora in the Classroom: the Intersection of
Teaching and Research
 -Anne Curzan

REVIEWS

The English Language: An Owner's Manual
 -Lee Thomas and Stephen Tchudi
 Reviewed by Matt Bauer

Language in Canada
 -Edited by John Edwards
 Reviewed by Margery Fee

Describing Spoken English: An Introduction
 -Charles W. Kreidler
 Reviewed by Charles Boberg

See the journal website for submission and subscription information:

 http://www.cs.umb.edu/~meyer/jengl/home.html