Discourse Markers In Early Modern English (pragmatics & Beyond New Series)
by Ursula Lutzky /
2012 / English / PDF
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This volume provides new insights into the nature of the Early
Modern English discourse markers
This volume provides new insights into the nature of the Early
Modern English discourse markersmarry
marry,
,well
well and
andwhy
why through the analysis of three corpora (
through the analysis of three corpora (A Corpus of
English Dialogues, 1560-1760,
A Corpus of
English Dialogues, 1560-1760, the
theParsed Corpus of Early
English Correspondence,
Parsed Corpus of Early
English Correspondence, and the
and thePenn-Helsinki Parsed Corpus
of Early Modern English
Penn-Helsinki Parsed Corpus
of Early Modern English). By combining both quantitative and
qualitative approaches in the study of pragmatic markers,
innovative findings are reached about their distribution throughout
the period 1500-1760, their attestation in different speech-related
text types as well as similarities and differences in their
functions. Additionally, this work engages in a sociopragmatic
study, based on the sociopragmatically annotated
). By combining both quantitative and
qualitative approaches in the study of pragmatic markers,
innovative findings are reached about their distribution throughout
the period 1500-1760, their attestation in different speech-related
text types as well as similarities and differences in their
functions. Additionally, this work engages in a sociopragmatic
study, based on the sociopragmatically annotatedDrama
Corpus
Drama
Corpus of almost a quarter of a million words, to enhance our
understanding about their use by characters of different social
status and gender. This volume therefore constitutes an essential
piece of the puzzle in our attempt to gain a full picture of
discourse marker use.
of almost a quarter of a million words, to enhance our
understanding about their use by characters of different social
status and gender. This volume therefore constitutes an essential
piece of the puzzle in our attempt to gain a full picture of
discourse marker use.This book won the 2014 ESSE book award
in English Language and Linguistics
This book won the 2014 ESSE book award
in English Language and Linguistics
