English and empire : literary history, dialect, and the digital archive / David West Brown.

Call Number	820.9/9171241
Author	Brown, David West, author.
Title	English and empire : literary history, dialect, and the digital archive / David West Brown.
Physical Description	1 online resource (xvii, 351 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series	Studies in English language
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2018).
Contents	Literary dialect, race, and empire -- Corpus design -- An overview of data and the digital toolkit -- Case #1: African diasporic dialogue -- Case #2: Indian dialogue -- Case #3: Chinese dialogue -- The enduring power of mimicry and the politics of measurement.
Summary	Combining statistical modelling and archival study, English and Empire investigates how African diasporic, Chinese, and Indian characters have been voiced in British fiction and drama produced between 1768 and 1929. The analysis connects patterns of linguistic representation to changes in the imperial political economy, to evolving language ideologies that circulate in the Anglophone world, and to shifts in sociocultural anxieties that crosscut race and empire. In carrying out his investigation, David West Brown makes the case for a methodological approach that links the distant (quantitative) and close (qualitative) reading of diverse digital artefacts. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book will appeal to a variety of scholars and students including sociolinguists interested in historical language variation, as well as literary scholars interested in postcolonial studies and the digital humanities.
Subject	English literature History and criticism. Dialogue in literature. English language Social aspects Great Britain History. Minorities in literature. Characters and characteristics in literature.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108551045

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Summary	Combining statistical modelling and archival study, English and Empire investigates how African diasporic, Chinese, and Indian characters have been voiced in British fiction and drama produced between 1768 and 1929. The analysis connects patterns of linguistic representation to changes in the imperial political economy, to evolving language ideologies that circulate in the Anglophone world, and to shifts in sociocultural anxieties that crosscut race and empire. In carrying out his investigation, David West Brown makes the case for a methodological approach that links the distant (quantitative) and close (qualitative) reading of diverse digital artefacts. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book will appeal to a variety of scholars and students including sociolinguists interested in historical language variation, as well as literary scholars interested in postcolonial studies and the digital humanities.
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Oct 2018).
Contents	Literary dialect, race, and empire -- Corpus design -- An overview of data and the digital toolkit -- Case #1: African diasporic dialogue -- Case #2: Indian dialogue -- Case #3: Chinese dialogue -- The enduring power of mimicry and the politics of measurement.
Subject	English literature History and criticism. Dialogue in literature. English language Social aspects Great Britain History. Minorities in literature. Characters and characteristics in literature.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108551045