none 10.1075/cilt.347.10wol John Benjamins Publishing Company John Benjamins Publishing Company 1757 106989104 3339466 1419350 202507022004000046 10.1075 2025-07-02T18:06:07Z 2019-05-20T06:47:52Z 2 0304-0763 10.1075/cilt https://benjamins.com/ catalog/cilt Birte Bös https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1328-0828 Claudia Claridge https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4785-3222 This volume explores changing norms and conventions in the English language, as displayed in a broad range of historical data from more than five centuries. The contributions discuss the interplay of sociocultural conditions, specific discourse traditions and structural aspects of language, paying special attention to the communities where norms and conventions are displayed and shaped in verbal interaction. The volume is enriched by systematic terminological clarifications, interdisciplinary approaches and the introduction of new methods like network analysis and advanced analytical tools and forms of visualisation into the diachronic investigation of historical texts. 347 5 27 2019 5 20 2019 9789027203243 9789027262462 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam 10.1075/cilt.347 http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027262462 https://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/9789027262462.pdf https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1075/cilt.347/html Göran Wolf Suggestions from a case study Abstract This paper addresses the question of why historical linguistics should be interested in studying dialect spelling in its own right. It deduces a number of arguments in favour of that interest from a case study of the graphical representation of Ulster Scots in the past and present. 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