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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960059203321

Titolo

Discourse perspectives on English : medieval to modern / / edited by Risto Hiltunen, Janne Skaffari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2003

ISBN

9786612160615

9781282160613

1282160613

9789027295729

9027295727

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

237 p. : ill

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser. 119

Classificazione

HE 140

Altri autori (Persone)

HiltunenRisto

SkaffariJanne

Disciplina

401/.41

Soggetti

English language - Discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Discourse Perspectives on English -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Notes -- References -- "When you read or hear this story read" -- Notes -- References -- Telling the anchorite code -- Notes -- References -- Lexical borrowings in early Middle English religious discourse -- Notes -- References -- The catalogue -- Notes -- References -- Recipes for laces -- Notes -- References -- "Best patterns for your imitation" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- "Let me not lose yr love &amp -- friendship" -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: Spider correspondence of 1668-1671 -- Index -- The PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.

Sommario/riassunto

Covering nearly one thousand years, this volume explores medieval and modern English texts from fresh perspectives. Within the relatively new field of historical discourse linguistics, the synchronic analysis of large textual units and consideration of text-external features in relation to discourse has so far received little attention. To fill that gap, this volume offers studies of medieval instructional and religious texts and correspondence from the early modern period. The contributions highlight writer-audience relationships, the intended use of texts,



descriptions of text-type, and questions of orality and manuscript contextualization. The topics, ranging from the reception of Old English texts to the conventions of practical instruction in Middle English to the epistolary construction of science in early Modern English, are directly relevant to historical linguists, discourse and text linguists, and students of the history of English.