Social Roles and Language Practices in Late Modern English

1. Preface; 2. Language practices in the construction of social roles in Late Modern English (by Pahta, Paivi); 3. Mr Spectator, identity and social roles in an early eighteenth-century community of practice and the periodical discourse community (by Fitzmaurice, Susan); 4. How eighteenth-century book reviewers became language guardians (by Percy, Carol); 5. "if You think me obstinate I can't help it": Exploring the epistolary styles and social roles of Elizabeth Montagu and Sarah Scott (by Sairio, Anni); 6. Reporting and social role construction in eighteenth-century personal correspondence (by Palander-Collin, Minna); 7. Preacher, scholar, brother, friend: Social roles and code-switching in the writings of Thomas Twining (by Nurmi, Arja); 8. The social space of an eighteenth-century governess: Modality and reference in the private letters and journals of Agnes Porter (by Nurmi, Arja); 9. Building trust through (self-)appraisal in nineteenth-century business correspondence (by Dossena, Marina); 10. Good-natured fellows and poor mothers: Defining social roles in British nineteenth-century children's literature (by Andersdotter Sveen, Hanna); 11. Name index; 12. Subject index