The paper explores trends in spelling variation as reflected in Early English correspondence (15th–17th c.) on the material of the Corpus of Early English Correspondence (CEEC). Overall change in ...spelling variation has so far been commented on only in relatively general terms and never on quantitative grounds. There is, of course, no doubt about the general direction of the change (towards greater standardization, though not in a straightforward manner) and its basic characteristics, such as its slower pace in private documents compared to the spelling of professional publications, but the data to support the assertions as well as precise definitions of spelling variation or regularisation have not yet been, to our knowledge, provided. This paper introduces a novel methodology for the quantification of spelling variation and regularity, which allows a more objective assessment of its change and which also makes use of the metadata provided by the CEEC: such as gender, letter authenticity or relationship/kinship between the author and the recipient. The paper explores interactions of such variables from the diachronic perspective using quantified levels of spelling regularity. The measure introduced for this purpose is based on weighted information (Shannon) entropy, as a measure of predictability of spellings of individual functionally defined types, and its calculation is partly based on the morphological tagging of the parsed version of the Corpus.
Egon Bondy’s poetry, fiction, and even philosophical essays contain a lot of factual remarks, both explicit and anonymous (albeit quite transparent), on the woman he met by the end of 1948 and with ...whom he was in a love-affair for many years. However, Honza Krejcarová seems to have inspired Bondy in a number of other cases. Some fictitious female characters in his literary work are likely to be shaped by the image the poet had created about his ‚femme fatale‘. On the other hand, Krejcarová’s own literary heritage is comparatively modest in its scope. The voluminous ‚letter to Egon Bondy‘ (1962), together with the memoir biography on her mother Milena Jesenská are very important among her works. In the letter, she expressed the gist of her aesthetics and ideas; only in her private correspondence — contrary to her works of fiction published in the sixties — could she write openly, without the interference of any censorship and self-censorship.
The study intends to investigate the relations between Philip Sidney and the continental intellectual circle (mainly that of Protestant scholars and aristocrats) on the basis of Sidney’s ...correspondence. The study is focused especially on the Czech cultural milieu. Sidney’s „grand tour“ over continent is crucial for the formation of his concept of poetry. The poesy is, against Sidney, among all forms of learning the best suited to move the soul to virtue through the beautiful and delightful images of moral example, playing its important role in society.
This brief, practical guide illustrates the most common kinds of business correspondence that a university professor is required to produce and offers useful advice to make these communications as ...effective as possible. The author also offers general suggestions on effective writing, including brainstorming and collaborating, persuasion, outlining and revising, and designing documents.
The present volume contains Schleiermacher?s correspondence from April 1806 up to the end of 1807, the date of his final move to Berlin. Of the total of 425 letters in this volume, 240 are addressed ...to Schleiermacher and 185 are written by him. The content of 127 of the letters documented here could only be deduced (43 to Schleiermacher and 84 from him) since no text has been handed down. From the remainder of the letters, only 80 were printed as complete text (of these 28 to and 52 from Schleiermacher). 41 of the collected letters were previously only published in an abridged form (of these 30 addressed to Schleiermacher and 11 written by Schleiermacher); they are presented here in their complete form for the first time. 177 letters (139 to Schleiermacher and 38 from him) are published here in this volume of the critical edition (V/9) for the first time. Andreas Arndt, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften; Simon Gerber, Freie Universität Berlin und Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
