The Density of Latinate Words in the Speeches of Jane Austen's Characters.

English has two main sources for words: German and Latin. Distinct from each other, they have polarized our language into high diction and low (‘diglossia’). Latinate words denote the intellectual world; Germanic words, the physical. Latinate words are indicators of status and education. Austen pain...

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Publicado en:Literary & Linguistic Computing Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 389 - 402
Autores principales: DeForest, Mary, Johnson, Eric
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Nov2001
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