Abstract
Historical linguistics can resort to neither recordings nor interviews of native speakers. The only type of material that can be dissected is of a textual nature. This leads to two main issues: first, it has been widely observed in the literature that the choice of a certain register over another shapes the results of the investigation.1 For instance, the syntax of a poem will offer different perspectives on a language than the syntax of a recipe. Second, and this is particularly relevant to French (amongst other languages), the written language often retains archaisms that are not found in the oral tongue. However, building...
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 23-27 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | French Studies Bulletin |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 159 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 11 Aug 2021 |
Keywords
- Linguistics and Language
- Literature and Literary Theory
- Cultural Studies
- History
- Language and Linguistics