1. Late Modern English in its historical context

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Preface ix
5. 1. Late Modern English in its historical context 1
6. 2. Astronomy as scientific knowledge in Modern England 15
7. 3. CETA as a tool for the study of modern astronomy in English 35
8. 4. Astronomical discourse in 18th and 19th century texts 57
9. 5. Patterns of English scientific writing in the 18th century 79
10. 6. Accounting for observations of the heavens in the 18th century 93
11. 7. Subject specific vocabulary in astronomy texts 123
12. 8. A corpus-driven analysis of complex predicates in 18th century scientific writings in CETA 155
13. 9. The emergence and evolution of the pattern N + PREP + V-ing in historical scientific texts 181
14. 10. An analysis of hedging in eighteenth century English astronomy texts 199
15. 11. Thematic structure in eighteenth century astronomical texts 221
16. Index 239