Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 5497
E-Mail:	f.h.henstra@let.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics, LUCL promovendus
Office Address:	Witte Singel-complex P.N. van Eyckhof 1 2311 BV Leiden Room number 203A

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Froukje Henstra is writing a PhD thesis on the language of Sir Horace Walpole, an eighteenth-century English aristocrat.

Research interests

• socio-historical linguistics
• general (English) historical linguistics
• language variation
• Old Frisian
• book and publishing studies

Papers and presentations

Articles

• (2009) Henstra, Froukje, "The problem of small numbers: methodological issues in social network analysis. In Tieken-Boon van Ostade and van der Wurff (eds.), Current Issues in Late Modern English". Bern: Peter Lang. 361-390.
• (2009) Henstra, Froukje and Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid. “Sir Horace Walpole en nieuwe functiebenamingen op –ess”. In: Ronny Boogaart, Josien Lalleman, Marijke Mooijaart & Marijke van der Wal (eds.). Woorden Wisselen. Voor Ariane van Santen bij haar afscheid van de Leidse Universiteit. Leiden: Stichting Neerlandistiek Leiden. pp. 53-64.
• (2008) Henstra, Froukje, "Social network analysis and the eighteenth century family network: a case study of the Walpole family". In: Transactions of the Philological Society, 106/1, 29-70.

Presentations

• “Social Network Analysis and the Eighteenth-Century Family Network. Some Notes on a Case Study of the Walpole Family”
  (Paper gegeven  op Workshop Social Networks (Vici project, 29 mei 2006))
• “Sir Horace Walpole. A case study of the language of an eighteenth century aristocrat in a social network context”
  (Presentatie gegeven bij presentaties nieuwe PhD projects (13 oktober 2006))
• “You was in the language of Horace Walpole and his friends. ‘A Happiness which I only enjoyed when you was at Eton’”
  (Paper voor 3LModE conference (Leiden, 29 augustus tot en met 1 september 2007))