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This article explores the use of evidentials, or markers of source of information in witness depositions from England in the period 1680-1710. By comparing the results with those from a previous study on the Salem witch trials (Grund 2012), I point to significant similarities in the linguistic forms...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Jucker, Andreas H. (Éditeur intellectuel), Landert, Daniela (Éditeur intellectuel), Seiler, Annina (Éditeur intellectuel), Studer-Joho, Nicole (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]
Collection:Studies in language companion series ; v. 148.
Sujets:
English language > History.
Historical linguistics.
Linguistique historique.
historical linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
English language.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:This article explores the use of evidentials, or markers of source of information in witness depositions from England in the period 1680-1710. By comparing the results with those from a previous study on the Salem witch trials (Grund 2012), I point to significant similarities in the linguistic forms and deployment of markers signaling sensory evidence, inference, assumption, and quotatives (i.e. information based on what other people have said). I also demonstrate the importance of considering the socio-historical and situational context in the interpretation of the evidentials: the legal sett.
Description matérielle:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027270894
9027270899
ISSN:0165-7763 ;

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