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1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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Edinburgh textbooks on the English language - Advanced
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Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Imprint; Contents; Figures and tables; To readers; 1 Historical pragmatics: Communicative patterns of the past; 2 The widening perspectives of the digital era: Data in historical pragmatics; 3 Excavating usage patterns: Methods in historical pragmatics; 4 'Lo, which a greet thyng is affeccioun!': Discourse markers and interjections; 5 'For I thou thee, thou Traitor': Terms of address; 6 'No one can flatter so prettily as you do': Speech acts; 7 'For your curteisie': Forms of politeness and impoliteness; 8 The pragmatics of language change: Grammaticalisation and pragmaticalisation. |
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9 'Take a pounde of sugir and halfe a pounde of tendir roses lyues . . .': Genres and text types10 'I pray thee friend Humfrey, what is phisicke?': Scientific and medical discourse; 11 'By letters from Riga we have advice': Historical news discourse; 12 'Fire! Help! Sir Walter has studied till his Head's on fire': Narrative patterns and historical pragmatics; Corpora and other electronic data sources; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Providing an ideal introduction to historical pragmatics, this guide gives students a solid grounding in historical pragmatics and teaches the methodology needed to analyse language in social, cultural and historical contexts. Using a number of case studies including politeness, news discourse, and scientific discourse, this book provides new insights into the analysis of discourse markers, interjections, terms of address and speech acts. Through focusing on the methodological problems in using historical data, students learn the key concepts in historical pragmatics, as well as covering recen. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Grammar, Historical.
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English language -- Grammar, Historical. |
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English language -- History.
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English language. |
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History. |
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Pragmatics.
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Pragmatics. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Taavitsainen, Irma.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780748644698 0748644695 |
| ISBN |
0748644709 (electronic book) |
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9780748644704 (electronic book) |
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9780748644698 (hardback) |
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0748644695 (hardback) |
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9780748644681 (paperback) |
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0748644687 (paperback) |
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