English Historical Pragmatics

by Andreas H. Jucker and Irma Taavitsainen

Book Overview

Providing an ideal introduction to historical pragmatics, this guide gives students a solid grounding in historical pragmatics and teaches the methodology needed to analyse language in social, cultural and historical contexts. Using a number of case studies including politeness, news discourse, and scientific discourse, this book provides new insights into the analysis of discourse markers, interjections, terms of address and speech acts. Through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748644687
• ISBN13: 9780748644681
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher