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Historical pragmatics /

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 e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Jucker, Andreas H., Taavitsainen, Irma
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.
Series:Handbooks of pragmatics ; v. 8.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 743 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110214284
3110214288