Letters As Loot: A Sociolinguistic Approach to Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Dutch

A Historical-sociolinguistic Challenge -- Sounds And Signs : From Local To Supralocal Usage -- Epistolary Formulae -- Variation And Change In Formulaic Language -- Detailig The Writing Process -- Forms Of Address -- Clause Chaining Between Spoken And Written Language -- Variation And Change In The Relative Clause -- Apocope Of Final Schwa -- Clausal And Local Negation -- Harvesting : Reflection And Evaluation. Gijsbert Rutten, Marijke J. Van Der Wal, Leiden University. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.