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'The vsuall speach of the Court'? Investigating language change in the Tudor family network (1544–1556)
2015
Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics
AbstractThis paper considers how micro-level analysis can enrich our understanding of macro-level processes of language change, using a case study of the Tudors. It explores how language use in the Tudor family network relates to the role of the Court in the supralocalisation of innovative forms during the sixteenth century. Using an original corpus of correspondence and other autograph writings, I conduct a comparative analysis of the language of Elizabeth Tudor with her siblings, parents and
doi:10.1515/jhsl-2015-0011
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