Pragmatic markers in English : grammaticalization and discourse functions / / Laurel J. Brinton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789475603321
• Autore: Brinton Laurel J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996
• ISBN: 3-11-090758-5
• Edizione: [Reprint 2010]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 412 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; ; 19
• Classificazione: HF 342
• Disciplina: 420/.141
• Soggetti: English language - Particles; English language - Discourse analysis; English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Discourse analysis; English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Discourse analysis; Pragmatics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Chapter 1. "Mystery features" of Old and Middle English -- Chapter 2. Conceptual background -- Chapter 3. Middle English gan -- Chapter 4. Middle and Early Modern English anon -- Chapter 5. Old English episode boundary markers -- Chapter 6. Middle English episode boundary markers -- Chapter 7. Old English hwæt -- Chapter 8. Middle English I gesse -- Chapter 9. Concluding remarks -- Appendices -- Appendix A. Substantive studies of individual pragmatic markers in Modern English -- Appendix B. Typologies of pragmatic markers in Modern English -- Appendix C. Occurrences of gan in Troilus and Criseyde -- Appendix D. Cooccurrence of adverbials with gan in Troilus and Criseyde -- Appendix E. Episodic structure and occurrences of anon and gan in Book II of Troilus and Criseyde -- Appendix F. Occurrences of anon in Books 6, 11, and 16 of Le morte d'Arthur -- Appendix G. Bifel-constructions in The Canterbury tales -- Appendix H. Bifel-constructions in Le morte d'Arthur -- Appendix I. Preposed whan-clauses in "The Knight's tale" -- Appendix J. Preposed whan-clauses in Book 16 of Le morte d'Arthur -- Appendix K. First-person epistemic parentheticals in The Canterbury tales -- Appendix L. First-person epistemic parentheticals in Troilus and Criseyde -- ; Appendix M. Occurrences of God woot in The Canterbury tales -- Appendix N. Occurrences of God woot in Troilus and Criseyde -- Appendix O. Occurrences of trusteth me wel in The Canterbury tales -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Grammaticalization and Discourse Functions Laurel J. Brinton. Chapter 2 Conceptual background 2.0. Introduction This chapter examines the scholarly literature on a number of concepts important for the study of pragmatic markers.