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Title Historical pragmatics / edited by Andreas H. Jucker, Irma Taavitsainen.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 743 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Handbooks of pragmatics ; v. 8
Handbooks of pragmatics ; v. 8.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Frontmatter; Table of contents; 1. Trends and developments in historical pragmatics; 2. Data in historical pragmatics; 3. Historical sociopragmatics; 4. Grammaticalization; 5. Subjectification and intersubjectification; 6. Pragmaticalisation and Discursisation; 7. Metaphor and metonymy; 8. Chaucer; 9. Shakespeare; 10. Discourse Markers; 11. Interjections and expletives; 12. Terms of address; 13. Speech Acts; 14. Politeness; 15. Controversies; 16. Rituals; 17. Religious discourse; 18. Scientific discourse; 19. News discourse; 20. Courtroom discourse; 21. Correspondence; 22. Literary discourse.
Summary The Handbook of Historical Pragmatics provides an authoritative and accessible overview of this versatile new field in pragmatics devoted to a diachronic study of language use and human interaction in context. It covers all areas of historical pragmatics from grammaticalization theory to pragmatic entities, such as discourse markers, speech acts and politeness to individual discourse domains from scientific writing to literary discourse. Each contribution, written by a leading specialist, gives a succinct, representative and up-to-date overview of research questions, theories, methods and rece.
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Subject English language -- Grammar, Historical.
English language -- Grammar, Historical.
Pragmatics.
Pragmatics.
Discourse analysis.
Discourse analysis.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Jucker, Andreas H.
Taavitsainen, Irma.
Other Form: Print version: Historical pragmatics. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010 9783110214277 (DLC) 2010024502 (OCoLC)642204952
ISBN 9783110214284 electronic book
3110214288 electronic book
9783110214277
311021427X