Norms and Usage in Language History, 1600–1900

A sociolinguistic and comparative perspective

Editors

Gijsbert Rutten

| Universiteit Leiden

Rik Vosters

| Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Wim Vandenbussche

| Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Historical sociolinguistics has successfully challenged the traditional focus on standardization in linguistic historiography. Extensive research on newly uncovered textual resources has shown the widespread variation in the written language of the past that was previously hidden or neglected. The time has come to integrate both perspectives, and to reassess the importance of language norms, standardization and prescription on the basis of sound empirical studies of large corpora of texts.

The chapters in this volume discuss the interplay of language norms and language use in the history of Dutch, English, French and German between 1600 and 1900. Written by leading experts in the field, each chapter focuses on one language and one century. A substantial introductory chapter puts the twelve research chapters into a comparative perspective.

The book is of interest to a wide readership, ranging from scholars of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, sociology and social history to (advanced) graduate and postgraduate students in courses on language variation and change.

[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics, 3] 2014. viii, 334 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.3

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii–viii
The interplay of language norms and usage patterns. Comparing the history of Dutch, English, French and German Gijsbert Rutten, Rik Vosters and Wim Vandenbussche	1–18
Dutch
Language norms and language use in seventeenth-century Dutch: Negation and the genitive Judith Nobels and Gijsbert Rutten	21–48
Language norms and language use in eighteenth-century Dutch: Final n and the genitive Tanja Simons and Gijsbert Rutten	49–72
Norms and usage in nineteenth-century Southern Dutch Rik Vosters, Els Belsack, Jill Puttaert and Wim Vandenbussche	73–100
English
Norms and usage in seventeenth-century English Terttu Nevalainen	103–128
Eighteenth-century English normative grammars and their readers Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade	129–150
Nineteenth-century English: Norms and usage Anita Auer	151–170
French
From l’usage to le bon usage and back: Norms and usage in seventeenth-century France Wendy Ayres-Bennett	173–200
Jacques-Louis Ménétra and his experience of the langue d’oc R. Anthony Lodge	201–222
From local to supra-local: Hybridity in French written documents from the nineteenth century France Martineau and Sandrine Tailleur	223–248
German
Language description, prescription and usage in seventeenth-century German Nicola McLelland	251–276
Standard German in the eighteenth century: Norms and use Nils Langer	277–302
Prescriptive norms and norms of usage in nineteenth-century German Stephan Elspass	303–320
Index	321–334

“Standardisation is a topic which deserves the in-depth attention given to it in the present, well-constructed volume. Here students and scholars alike will find accurate discussions and pertinent analyses of all issues surrounding norms and usage across several centuries. The volume will serve as a reference work in the field for many years to come.”

Raymond Hickey, University of Duisburg and Essen

“This is a very strong volume that I'll use often and recommend to students and colleagues. The issue of norms deserves this attention and the papers treat that issue in a coherent way for a clearly defined context, in terms of languages and time period.”

Joseph. C. Salmons, University of Wisconsin – Madison

“Bringing together leading researchers in each of the respective language fields, the volume unites themes and questions which have coalesced into some of the most fundamental concerns of historical sociolinguistics. [...] The variety of perspectives taken – quantitative and qualitative, focused on large corpora or on just one work or author in particular – means that this will be a valuable volume not only for those working in the four languages covered, but for historical (socio)linguists in general.”

Anna Tristram, Queen's University Belfast, in Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics Vol. 2.1 (2016)

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Subjects

Linguistics

Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Historical linguistics

History of linguistics

BIC Subject: CFF – Historical & comparative linguistics

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2014049109 | Marc record