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English Historical Pragmatics (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced) by Jucker, Andreas H.; Taavitsainen, Irma is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>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 focusing on the methodological problems in using historical data, students learn the key concepts in historical pragmatics, as well as covering recent work at the interface of between language and literature.<br></p>

Who reads English Historical Pragmatics (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Jucker, Andreas H.; Taavitsainen, Irma
Publisher
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9780748644704
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Historical Fiction, Anthropology, Science

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