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Journal of English Linguistics
March 2000
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Special Issue on Historical Corpora
Edited by Anne Curzan and Charles Meyer
CONTENTS
The World of English Historical Corpora: from Caedmon to the Computer
Age
-Matti Rissanen
Historical Change in the Language Use of Women and Men: Gender
Differences in Dramatic Dialogue
-Doug Biber and Jená Burges
Gender Differences in the Evolution of Standard English: Evidence from
the Corpus of Early English Correspondence
-Terttu Nevalainen
Conventions of Professional Writing: The Medical Case Report in a
Historical Perspective
-Irma Taavitsainen and Päivi Pahta
English Historical Corpora in the Classroom: the Intersection of
Teaching and Research
-Anne Curzan
REVIEWS
The English Language: An Owner’s Manual
-Lee Thomas and Stephen Tchudi
Reviewed by Matt Bauer
Language in Canada
-Edited by John Edwards
Reviewed by Margery Fee
Describing Spoken English: An Introduction
-Charles W. Kreidler
Reviewed by Charles Boberg
See the journal website for submission and subscription information:
http://www.cs.umb.edu/~meyer/jengl/home.html
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