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Historical pragmatics : pragmatic developments in the history of English / edited by Andreas H. Jucker.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 35.
- Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser., 35
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Grammar, Historical.
- English language.
- Pragmatics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 623 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Until very recently, pragmatics has been restricted to the analysis of contemporary spoken language while historical linguistics has studied historical texts and language change in a decontextualized way. This has now radically changed and scholars from around the world are trying to build a new theoretical framework that integrates recent advances both in pragmatics and in historical linguistics.The volume, which contains 22 original articles, starts with an introduction that is both a state-of-the-art account of historical pragmatics and a programmatic statement of its future potential and i
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Pragmaphilology
- pt. 2. Diachronic form-to-function mapping
- pt. 3. Diachronic function-to-form mapping.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613092618
- 1-283-09261-1
- 90-272-8571-3
- OCLC:
- 713026477
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