Questions and Answers in the English Courtroom (1640-1760): A Sociopragmatic Analysis

by Dawn Archer

This book belongs to the rapidly growing field of historical pragmatics. More specifically, it aims to lend definition to the area of historical sociopragmatics. It seeks to enhance our understanding of the language of the historical courtroom by documenting changes to the discursive roles of the most active participant groups of the English courtroom (e.g. the judges, lawyers, witnesses and defendants) in the period 1640-1760. Although the primary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588116360
• ISBN13: 9781588116369
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 374 Pages