The Evolution of Pragmatic Markers in English: Pathways of Change
Author:   Laurel J. Brinton (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107129054


Pages:   344
Publication Date:   31 August 2017
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Author:   Laurel J. Brinton (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.670kg
ISBN:  

9781107129054


ISBN 10:   1107129052
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   31 August 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
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1. Pragmatic markers: synchronic and diachronic; Part I. From Lexical Item to Pragmatic Marker: 2. Old English hwæt; 3. Middle English whilom; 4. Modern English only and if only; Part II. From Clausal Construction to Pragmatic Marker: 5. Epistemic parentheticals; 6. I / you admit and admittedly; 7. Forms of say: that said and I'm just saying; 8. Two politeness comment clauses: if I may say so and for what it's worth; 9. What is more and whatever; 10. Concluding remarks: pathways of change; Appendix: list of corpora and text collections; References; Index.

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Laurel J. Brinton is Professor of English Language at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. She is co-author of several books, including Lexicalization and Language Change (Cambridge, 2005, with Elizabeth Closs Traugott), The Comment Clause in English: Syntactic Origins and Pragmatic Development (Cambridge, 2008) and The English Language: A Linguistic History 3rd ed. (2016, with Leslie K. Arnovick). She served as co-editor of the Journal of Historical Pragmatics and is currently co-editor of English Language and Linguistics.

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