LEADER 03810nam 2200565 450 001 9910795109103321 005 20231110234735.0 010 $a90-272-5823-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6804721 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6804721 035 $a(CKB)19414379600041 035 $a(OCoLC)1276804854 035 $a(EXLCZ)9919414379600041 100 $a20220810d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$a<> sociopragmatics of stance$ecommunity, language, and the witness depositions from the Salem witch trials$fPeter J. Grund 210 1$aAmsterdam, Netherlands$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$cJohn Benjamins Publishing Company$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (258 pages) 225 1 $aPragmatics and Beyond New $vvol. 329 311 08$aPrint version: Grund, Peter J. The Sociopragmatics of Stance Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company,c2021 9789027210593 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"this Is the first to bee Read" : introduction -- "Testifieth and saith" : the Salem witch trial witness depositions -- "we thought we did doe well" : the Salem witch trials as a community of practice -- "I verily beleue in my hart that martha Carrier is a most dreadfull wicth" : methodology and overview of linguistic strategies of stance -- "in A sudden, terible, & strange, unusuall maner" : evaluating experience -- "I haue ben most greviously affleted" : intensifying experience -- "I saw the Apperishtion of Rebekah nurs" : sourcing experience -- "we perceiued hir hellish temtations by hir loud outcries" : stance profiles -- "and further saith not" : conclusion -- Appendix: RSWH depositions included in the study. 330 $a"Anchored in historical pragmatics, historical sociolinguistics, and corpus linguistics, this book weaves together a powerful narrative of the significance of stance marking in the history of English. Focusing on the community of practice that developed during the witch trials in Salem (Massachusetts) in 1692-1693, it showcases how witnesses and the recorders of their ca. 450 depositions deployed linguistic features to signal the evaluation of experiences with alleged witchcraft, the intensification of those experiences, and the sources of the witnesses' knowledge. The resulting stance profiles for groups of depositions, witnesses, and recorders highlight varying strategies of claiming, supporting, and boosting the importance of the evidence and the role of the witnesses within the community of practice. With its innovative focus on sociopragmatic variation in a historical community, the book demonstrates the essential contribution of synchronic-historical research to the analysis, description, and theorization of stance and historical English more broadly"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aPragmatics and Beyond New 606 $aEnglish language$xSocial aspects$zMassachusetts$zSalem 606 $aTrials (Witchcraft)$zMassachusetts$zSalem 606 $aEnglish language$yEarly modern, 1500-1700$xDiscourse analysis 606 $aPragmatics 606 $aHistorical linguistics 606 $aEvaluation (Linguistics) 615 0$aEnglish language$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTrials (Witchcraft) 615 0$aEnglish language$xDiscourse analysis. 615 0$aPragmatics. 615 0$aHistorical linguistics. 615 0$aEvaluation (Linguistics) 676 $a306.442210744 700 $aGrund$b Peter$01521756 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795109103321 996 $aSociopragmatics of stance$93761130 997 $aUNINA