Business and Official Correspondence: Historical Investigations Historical Investigations

The Editors: Marina Dossena is Professor of English Language at the University of Bergamo. Her research interests focus on the features and origins of British varieties of English and the history of specialized discourse. Recent publications include Insights into Late Modern English, co-edited with Charles Jones (Peter Lang 2003), Methods and Data in English Historical Dialectology, co-edited with Roger Lass (Peter Lang 2004), and Scotticisms in Grammar and Vocabulary (2005).
Susan M. Fitzmaurice is Chair in English Language at the University of Sheffield. She has published widely on the history of the English language, and is particularly interested in the history of English letters, social networks, and standardization.