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Vocative constructions in the language of Shakespeare /
This study investigates the functions, meanings, and varieties of forms of address in Shakespeare's dramatic work. New categories of Shakespearean vocatives are developed and the grammar of vocatives is investigated in, above, and below the clause, following morpho-syntactic, semantic, lexicogr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser., 150. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This study investigates the functions, meanings, and varieties of forms of address in Shakespeare's dramatic work. New categories of Shakespearean vocatives are developed and the grammar of vocatives is investigated in, above, and below the clause, following morpho-syntactic, semantic, lexicographical, pragmatic, social and contextual criteria. Going beyond the conventional paradigm of power and solidarity and with recourse to Shakespearean drama as both text and performance, the study sees vocatives as foregrounded experiential, interpersonal and textual markers. Shakespeare's vocatives const. |
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| Notas: | "This study investigates the functions, meanings, and varieties of forms of address in Shakespeare's dramatic work"--Page 4 of cover |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 525 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-521) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027293138 9027293139 |
| ISSN: | 0922-842X ; |