1998
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511582790
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The Evolution of English Prose, 1700–1800

Abstract: Between 1700 and 1800 English prose became more polite and less closely tied to speech. A large scale feminisation of literary and other values coincided with the development of a mature print culture; these two historical trends make themselves felt in the evolution of prose. In this book Carey McIntosh explores oral dimensions of written texts not only in writers such as Swift, Defoe and Astell, who have a strong colloquial base, but also in more bookish writers, including Shaftesbury, Johnson and Burke. Aft… Show more

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“…Some of the changes they analyzed were connected to an involved style of writing, such as the incoming progressive aspect and the increase in the "embodied attribute or trait" meaning of the nominal suffixes -ness and -ity, as in your kindness. The latter was argued by Säily (2018a, p. 214-215) to support the claim made by McIntosh (1998McIntosh ( , 2008 that British culture in the later eighteenth century underwent a process of "feminization, " by which McIntosh referred to an increasing concern with the feminine values of politeness and sensibility amongst those aspiring to belong to the upper echelons of society (see also Ylivuori, 2019). This could imply that middle-and upper-class men emulated the language use of the increasingly well-educated women of the same classes, who authored publications and hosted literary salons (Myers, 1990;Pohl and Schellenberg, 2003;Tieken-Boon van Ostade, 2010)at least in some registers (cf.…”
Section: Historical Sociolinguisticsmentioning
confidence: 77%
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“…Some of the changes they analyzed were connected to an involved style of writing, such as the incoming progressive aspect and the increase in the "embodied attribute or trait" meaning of the nominal suffixes -ness and -ity, as in your kindness. The latter was argued by Säily (2018a, p. 214-215) to support the claim made by McIntosh (1998McIntosh ( , 2008 that British culture in the later eighteenth century underwent a process of "feminization, " by which McIntosh referred to an increasing concern with the feminine values of politeness and sensibility amongst those aspiring to belong to the upper echelons of society (see also Ylivuori, 2019). This could imply that middle-and upper-class men emulated the language use of the increasingly well-educated women of the same classes, who authored publications and hosted literary salons (Myers, 1990;Pohl and Schellenberg, 2003;Tieken-Boon van Ostade, 2010)at least in some registers (cf.…”
Section: Historical Sociolinguisticsmentioning
confidence: 77%
“…Thus, middle-and upper-class family letters in this period exhibit the oft-observed distinction between personally involved women and informatively oriented men, while the register as a whole moves in the involved direction led by women (cf. the "feminization" of McIntosh, 1998), shown also in the cascade analysis.…”
Section: Micro-analysis: Lexismentioning
confidence: 85%
“…Previous literature has commented on the general shift of English prose towards more formal, rhetorical and written styles in the course of the 18th century (see Biber and Finegan, 1989; McIntosh, 1998). The process of standardisation of the English language seems to be – at least partly – behind the shift.…”
Section: Female Speech Jane Austen and Quitementioning
confidence: 99%
“…What is perhaps less often mentioned in the literature is that the models of linguistic correctness put forward by those grammars were based on the characteristics of formal written English. Informal and colloquial prose was of course recognised, but often sidelined as being ‘too oral’ and ‘too low’ to be part of the ‘polite English’ practices 13 (McIntosh, 1998: 28ff. ; see also Finegan, 1999: 550).…”
Section: Female Speech Jane Austen and Quitementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Durante o século XVIII, na Inglaterra, o termo "polido", particularmente quando conectado ao uso da linguagem, era manipulado de um modo socialmente seletivo (McIntosh, 1998). O conceito de polidez foi tomado como a base do discurso hegemônico, no qual a habilidade para controlar uma variedade lingüística específica era interpretada como condição pré-estabelecida para o acesso a um status social mais elevado, de onde o poder podia ser exercido.…”
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