This paper presents an overview of the methodological issues relating to the compilation of a corpus of nineteenth-century correspondence (19CSC); these issues will be discussed in the light of some preliminary findings; finally, an outline of the next stages of corpus compilation will be presented. The corpus itself is intended to supplement similar corpora already available or the compilation of which in progress. Concerning the social extraction of writers, the quantity of material available for gentry and the upper-middle classes so far seems to outweigh greatly the quantity of material available from lower orders of society. However, several interesting letters written by emigrants or other partially-schooled encoders have already been included, as these may have undoubted dialectological value. Previously edited letters by literary figures have been deliberately excluded. On the other hand, a fairly consistent sample of business letters have been included, on account of the light they may shed on the development of business correspondence as a genre.
L’articolo presenta una panoramica metodologica sui temi che riguardano la compilazione di un corpus di corrispondenza del 19° secolo (19CSC). Questi temi sono discussi alla luce di alcuni risultati preliminari; viene infine delineato come si intende proseguire il lavoro sulla base delle considerazioni sin qui effettuate. Il corpus in questione intende integrare altri corpora già esistenti o in preparazione. Circa l’estrazione sociale degli scriventi, la quantità di materiale proveniente dalla nobiltà e dall’alta borghesia è maggiore rispetto ad altre classi sociali. Tuttavia, sono già state trascritte lettere di emigranti ed altri emittenti parzialmente scolarizzati, per il loro indiscutibile valore dialettologico. Le lettere che sono già state oggetto di edizioni critiche sono volutamente escluse; per contro, si includerà un ricco campione di corrispondenza d’affari, al fine di studiare lo sviluppo diacronico di questo linguaggio specialistico.
(2004). Towards a corpus of nineteenth-century Scottish correspondence [journal article - articolo]. In LINGUISTICA E FILOLOGIA. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/220
Towards a corpus of nineteenth-century Scottish correspondence
DOSSENA, Marina
2004-01-01
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This paper presents an overview of the methodological issues relating to the compilation of a corpus of nineteenth-century correspondence (19CSC); these issues will be discussed in the light of some preliminary findings; finally, an outline of the next stages of corpus compilation will be presented. The corpus itself is intended to supplement similar corpora already available or the compilation of which in progress. Concerning the social extraction of writers, the quantity of material available for gentry and the upper-middle classes so far seems to outweigh greatly the quantity of material available from lower orders of society. However, several interesting letters written by emigrants or other partially-schooled encoders have already been included, as these may have undoubted dialectological value. Previously edited letters by literary figures have been deliberately excluded. On the other hand, a fairly consistent sample of business letters have been included, on account of the light they may shed on the development of business correspondence as a genre.File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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