Research Catalog
English historical pragmatics
- Title
- English historical pragmatics / Andreas H. Jucker and Irma Taavitsainen.
- Author
- Jucker, Andreas H.
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2013.
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- Additional Authors
- Taavitsainen, Irma.
- Description
- xiii, 236 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Historical pragmatics is an emerging branch within linguistics and one of the most versatile fields in the historical study of English. It is placed at the intersection between pragmatics, historical linguistics and neighbouring disciplines like (historical) sociolinguistics. It is at such interfaces where exciting new developments take place. English Historical Pragmatics introduces this field to advanced linguistic students coming to the topic for the first time. It critically evaluates data sources and methodological approaches and takes a broad social pragmatics approach to micro issues within historical pragmatics such as discourse markers, terms of address and actions performed through language. It also covers macro issues of genre, medical and news discourse and fictional literature, and it outlines the underlying principles of language change through grammaticalisation, subjectivisation and pragmaticalisation." -- Publisher website.
- Series Statement
- Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced
- Uniform Title
- Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Historical pragmatics : communicative patterns of the past -- The widening perspectives of the digital era : data in historical pragmatics -- Excavating usage patterns : methods in historical pragmatics -- 'Lo, which a greet thyng is affeccioun!' : discourse markers and interjections -- 'For I thou thee, thou Traitor' : terms of address -- 'No one can flatter so prettily as you do' : speech acts -- 'For your curteisie' : forms of politeness and impoliteness -- The pragmatics of language change : grammaticalisation and pragmaticalisation -- 'Take a pounde of sugir and halfe a pounde of tendir roses lyues ...' : genres and text types -- 'I pray thee friend Humfrey, what is phisicke?' : scientific and medical discourse -- 'By letters from Riga we have advice' : historical news discourse -- '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.
- Call Number
- JFD 14-1258
- ISBN
- 0748644687 (pbk.)
- 9780748644681 (pbk.)
- 0748644695
- 9780748644698
- OCLC
- 823896714
- Author
- Jucker, Andreas H.
- Title
- English historical pragmatics / Andreas H. Jucker and Irma Taavitsainen.
- Imprint
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2013.
- Series
- Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. AdvancedEdinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Taavitsainen, Irma.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 14-1258