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Imprint:	Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 743 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Handbooks of pragmatics ; v. 8 Handbooks of pragmatics ; v. 8.
Subject:	English language -- Grammar, Historical. Pragmatics. Discourse analysis. Discourse analysis. English language -- Grammar, Historical. Pragmatics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11234876

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Other authors / contributors:	Jucker, Andreas H. Taavitsainen, Irma.
ISBN:	9783110214284 3110214288 9783110214277 311021427X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Historical pragmatics. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010 9783110214277

Table of 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.

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