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1 online resource |
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Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 148 |
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 148.
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| Contents |
Uncovering layers of meaning in the history of the English language / Andreas H. Jucker, Daniela Landert, Annina Seiler and Nicole Studer-Joho -- Layers of reading in the Old English Bede : the case of Oxford Corpus Christi College 279B / Christine Wallis -- Unlikely-looking Old English verb forms / Eric Stanley -- On the importance of noting uncertainty in etymological research : some implications of a re-examination of the etymology of road / Philip Durkin -- "A Wiltshire word, according to Kennett" : the contribution of MS Lansd. 1033 to Halliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words (1847) / Javier Ruano-García -- Enforcing or effacing useful distinctions? : imply vs. infer / Don Chapman -- The role of context in the meaning specification of cant and slang words in eighteenth-century English / Roxanne But -- Let's talk about uton / Linda van Bergen -- Exploring part-of-speech profiles and authorship attribution in Early Modern medical texts / Jukka Tyrkkö -- The positioning of adverbial clauses in the Paston letters / Yoko Iyeiri -- Complexity and genre conventions : text structure and coordination in Early Modern English proclamations / Anu Lehto -- Formulaic discourse across Early Modern English medical genres : investigating shared lexical bundles / Joanna Kopaczyk -- "Treasure of pore men", "countrymans friend" or "gentlewomans companion"? On the use of interpersonal strategies in the titles of Early Modern English medical texts / Marta Sylwanowicz -- "I saw ye Child burning in ye fire" : evidentiality in Early Modern English witness depositions / Peter Grund |
| Summary |
This article explores the use of evidentials, or markers of source of information in witness depositions from England in the period 1680-1710. By comparing the results with those from a previous study on the Salem witch trials (Grund 2012), I point to significant similarities in the linguistic forms and deployment of markers signaling sensory evidence, inference, assumption, and quotatives (i.e. information based on what other people have said). I also demonstrate the importance of considering the socio-historical and situational context in the interpretation of the evidentials: the legal sett |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- History.
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Historical linguistics.
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historical linguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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English language
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Historical linguistics
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Jucker, Andreas H., editor
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Landert, Daniela, editor
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Seiler, Annina, editor
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Studer-Joho, Nicole, editor
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| ISBN |
9789027270894 |
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9027270899 |
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