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Women's Language
Eva Haettner Aurelius (Ed.)
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Description for Women's Language
Hardcover. Editor(s): Haettner Aurelius, Eva; Helgason, Jon; Gunneng, Hedda. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Is there a special niche reserved for women's language? This is the theory tested empirically by the authors of Women's language, by means of an exhaustive stylistic analysis of a voluminous body of letters written in five different languages -- Latin, English, German, French, and Swedish -- from medieval times through to the long eighteenth century. In a detailed investigation of style and expression, the authors have applied a number of advanced methods of study to pinpoint how women expressed themselves to other women and whether they addressed themselves differently to men. Unveiling fascinating differences in language use, but none ... Read more
Is there a special niche reserved for women's language? This is the theory tested empirically by the authors of Women's language, by means of an exhaustive stylistic analysis of a voluminous body of letters written in five different languages -- Latin, English, German, French, and Swedish -- from medieval times through to the long eighteenth century. In a detailed investigation of style and expression, the authors have applied a number of advanced methods of study to pinpoint how women expressed themselves to other women and whether they addressed themselves differently to men. Unveiling fascinating differences in language use, but none ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nordic Academic Press Sweden
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
555g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Lund, Sweden
ISBN
9789187121876
SKU
V9789187121876
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About Eva Haettner Aurelius (Ed.)
Eva Haettner Aurelius is a professor in comparative literature at Lund University in Sweden. Hedda Gunneng is an associate professor in Medieval Latin at Gotland University in Sweden. Jon Helgason is an editor of the dictionary from the Swedish Academy and a researcher in comparative literature at Lund University.
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