A book exploring the relation between culture and syntax at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. The analysis of particular syntactic features in novels of the time shows clear differences of usage which may be seen to reflect current social upheaval.

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Book Title: Cultural Climate and Linguistic Style
Book Subtitle: Change in English Fictional Prose from the Late Victorian to the Early Modern Period
Authors: Gillian Cawthra
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09402-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-09404-2Published: 01 January 1989
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-09402-8Published: 18 June 1989
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 168
Topics: Grammar, Sociolinguistics, Fiction, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Patterns of Language

The Nominal Group

The Verbal Group

The Adjunct

Conclusion

Back Matter

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