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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      September 2023
      October 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009322904
      9781009322928
      9781009322874
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009322904
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.54kg, 272 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.41kg, 280 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Language and Linguistics, History of the English Language, Semantics and Pragmatics
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    Language and Linguistics, History of the English Language, Semantics and Pragmatics
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    How were you and thou used in Early Modern England? What were the typical ways of ordering others in Early Medieval England? How was the speech of others represented in the nineteenth-century novel? This volume answers these questions and more by providing an overview of the field of English historical pragmatics. Following introductory chapters which set out the scope of the field and address methods and challenges, core chapters focus on a range of topics, including pragmatic markers, speech representation, politeness, speech acts, address terms, and register, genre, and style. Each chapter describes the object of study, defines essential terms and concepts, and discusses the methodologies used. Succinct and clear summaries of studies in the field are presented and are richly illustrated with corpus data. Presenting a comprehensive and accessible yet state-of-the-art introduction to the field, it is essential reading for both students and academic researchers.

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