This volume contains the papers read at the 11th Italian national Conference on the History of the English Language, dealing with historical studies of the spoken language. The contributions, which apply different theoretical models, cover a wide range of aspects concerning spoken English through the centuries (phonetic, phonological, sociolinguisic, historiographical, pragmatic and interactional ones), and provide material for further debate and research.
This volume contains the papers read at the 11th Italian national Conference on the History of the English Language, dealing with historical studies of the spoken language. The contributions, which apply different theoretical models, cover a wide range of aspects concerning spoken English through the centuries (phonetic, phonological, sociolinguisic, historiographical, pragmatic and interactional ones), and provide material for further debate and research.