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Writing History in Late Modern English
Explorations of the Coruña Corpus – A Preface
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Javier Pérez-Guerra
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Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- About this book vii
- Writing History in Late Modern English 1
- Chapter 1. A review of the development of historical writing and writers in English from 1700 to 1900 5
- Chapter 2. “There were always Indians passing to and fro” 21
- Chapter 3. An introduction to CHET, the Corpus of History English Texts 41
- Chapter 4. Typical linguistic patterns of English history texts from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century 57
- Chapter 5. Exploring the narrative dimension in late Modern English History texts 83
- Chapter 6. Time and history 103
- Chapter 7. “Were this eſtimation, however, to be depended on” 129
- Chapter 8. Modal verb categories in CHET 149
- Chapter 9. A corpus-based study of some certainty adverbs in the Corpus of History English Texts 167
- Chapter 10. How intimate was the tone of female History writing in the Modern period? 185
- Chapter 11. Neither I nor we 215
- Chapter 12. Do writers express the same attitude in historical genres? 235
- Chapter 13. On cognitive complexity in scientific discourse 259
- Index 277
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- About this book vii
- Writing History in Late Modern English 1
- Chapter 1. A review of the development of historical writing and writers in English from 1700 to 1900 5
- Chapter 2. “There were always Indians passing to and fro” 21
- Chapter 3. An introduction to CHET, the Corpus of History English Texts 41
- Chapter 4. Typical linguistic patterns of English history texts from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century 57
- Chapter 5. Exploring the narrative dimension in late Modern English History texts 83
- Chapter 6. Time and history 103
- Chapter 7. “Were this eſtimation, however, to be depended on” 129
- Chapter 8. Modal verb categories in CHET 149
- Chapter 9. A corpus-based study of some certainty adverbs in the Corpus of History English Texts 167
- Chapter 10. How intimate was the tone of female History writing in the Modern period? 185
- Chapter 11. Neither I nor we 215
- Chapter 12. Do writers express the same attitude in historical genres? 235
- Chapter 13. On cognitive complexity in scientific discourse 259
- Index 277