Linguistic norms and conventions

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Linguistic norms and conventions 1
4. Usage guides and the Age of Prescriptivism 1
5. “Splendidly prejudiced” 29
6. Paradigm shifts in 19th-century British grammar writing 49
7. Promotional conventions on English title-pages up to 1550 73
8. What can we learn from constructed speech errors? 99
9. The proverbial discourse tradition in the history of English 129
10. Testing a stylometric tool in the study of Middle English documentary texts 149
11. Pragmatic and formulaic uses of shall and will in Older Scots and Early Modern English official letter writing 167
12. Studying dialect spelling in its own right 191
13. Index 213