Based on detailed case studies of literary texts, this book traces the development of politeness from Old English to the present day. Politeness is shown in its ambivalent and multi-faceted nature from a variety of perspectives, making this essential reading for politeness specialists, cultural historians and historical linguists alike.
Drawing on a wide range of fictional texts from Shakespeare and Austen to Game of Thrones and the lyrics of 'We Shall Overcome', this textbook shows how pragmatic analyses can uncover the performative elements that create and shape characters for an audience
Methods in Pragmatics provides a systematic overview of the different types of data, the different methods of data collection and data analysis used in pragmatic research. It offers authoritative and comprehensive surveys of the entire breadth of methods and methodologies. Part 1 covers introspectional, philosophical and cognitive pragmatics. Part 2 is devoted to experimental pragmatics, including discourse completion and dialogue construction tasks, role-plays and other production and comprehension tasks. Part 3 reviews observational pragmatics including ethnographic and discourse analytic methods, and part 4, finally, is devoted to corpus pragmatics including accounts of corpus compilation, annotation and data retrieval specific to pragmatic research. Each contribution provides a state-of-the-art account of the precise workings of one particular method, its applications in the relevant research literature as well as a critical assessment of its strengths and weaknesses and the type of pragmatic research questions for which it is most suitable.
A guide to historical pragmatics in English studies. It gives students a grounding in historical pragmatics and teaches the methodology needed to analyse language in social, cultural and historical contexts. It provides insights into the analysis of discourse markers, interjections, terms of address and speech acts.
Andreas H. Jucker This book is a gentle introduction to the history of English language from its beginnings right up to the present time and to the major fields of English historical linguistics. It focuses, in particular, on the socio-historical background, the textual traditions and on the changing communicative needs of the speakers of English throughout the centuries. Two appendices provide relevant text samples and an introduction to the most important electronic tools for English historical linguistics. Rezensionen „Dieses Buch bietet solides Grundwissen ohne dabei zu sehr in die Tiefe zu gehen: die ideale Einführung oder Wiederholungsgrundlage. Wie die anderen Bücher in der Uni Wissen Serie genau recherchiert und ansprechend aufgemacht, mit Stichwörtern am Seitenrand, überschaubaren Kapiteln und ausführlicher Bibliografie.” Amazon-Kundenrenzension vom 18.01.2003 “[…] Auf so begrenztem Raum und zu solch einem leserfreundlichen Preis eine gute Investition in ein lohnendes und spannendes Thema.” Mitteilungsblatt des fmf Westfalen-Lippe 19/1 (Mai 2001)