| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 228 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Pragmatics & beyond new series,
0922-842X ;
v. 185
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 185.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-220) and index. |
| Contents |
Interactive Dialogue Sequences in Middle English Drama; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Address between characters; Chapter 3. Modality; Chapter 4. Performatives and verba dicendi; Chapter 5. Pair structures; Chapter 6. Addressing and directing the audience; Chapter 7. Conclusions; References; Index; Index of Names; The Pragmatics & Beyond New Series. |
| Summary |
This book looks at mediaeval English drama using the theoretical frameworks of historical sociopragmatics and dialogue analysis. It focuses on the collection of cycle plays known as the N. Town Plays, preserved in a manuscript from the fifteenth century. The book examines various linguistic markers that are important for the expression of social relations and pragmatic stance: pronouns and terms of address, modal markers, performatives, and sequential structures such as question-answer, imperative-compliance, etc. These elements are examined separately and then brought together to arrive at a m. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pragmatics.
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Pragmatics. |
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Historical linguistics.
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Historical linguistics. |
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English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Semantics.
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English drama -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.
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English drama. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mazzon, Gabriella, 1962- Interactive dialogue sequences in Middle English drama. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009 9789027254306 9027254303 (DLC) 2009003059 (OCoLC)299716258 |
| ISBN |
9789027289544 (electronic book) |
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9027289549 (electronic book) |
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9789027254306 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9027254303 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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