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Author:   Richard Dury (University of Bergamo) ,  Maurizio Gotti (University of Bergamo) ,  Marina Dossena (University of Bergamo)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   296
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9789027248114

ISBN 10:   9027248117
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   09 July 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Foreword; 2. Introduction; 3. Part I. Pragmatic and stylistic choices; 4. Politeness in the history of English (by Jucker, Andreas H.); 5. The which is most and right harde to answere: Intensifying right and most in earlier English (by Mendez-Naya, Belen); 6. The diachronic development of the intensifier bloody: A case study in historical pragmatics (by Biscetti, Stefania); 7. Variation and change in the writings of 17th century scientists (by Moessner, Lilo); 8. Part II. Lexical and semantic change; 9. The convergence of two need verbs in Middle English (by Loureiro-Porto, Lucia); 10. Rivalry among the verbs of wanting (by Akimoto, Minoji); 11. A look at respect: Investigating metonymies in Earle Modern English (by Tissari, Heli); 12. Germanic vs French fixed expressions in Middle English prose: Towards a corpus-based historical English phraseology (by Markus, Manfred); 13. Latin loanwords of the early modern period: How often did French act as an intermediary? (by Durkin, Philip); 14. Disseisin: The lexeme and the legal fact in Early Middle English (by McConchie, R.W.); 15. Was Old Frech -able borrowable? A diachronic study of word-formation processes due to language contact (by Trips, Carola); 16. Women and other 'small things': -ette as a feminine marker (by Kornexl, Lucia); 17. Index of subjects

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