Pragmatic Aspects of Reported Speech
The Case of Early Modern English Courtroom Discourse
©2007
Thesis
XVI,
208 Pages
Series:
Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature, Volume 17
Summary
This book focuses on historical pragmatics. The author presents the use of reported speech in the Early Modern English records of a state trial of the Elizabethan period. It is worthy of note that the few acquitted defendants were more efficient in the application of manipulative reported speech strategies. The results of qualitative and quantitative analyses confirm that reported speech is a marker of stance.
Details
- Pages
- XVI, 208
- Publication Year
- 2007
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783631553442
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Indirekte Rede Historical Linguistics Englisch Pragmatik Historical Pragmatics Courtroom Discourse Bad Data Problem
- Published
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2007. XVI, 208 pp., 8 fig., 37 tab.