The Evolution of Pragmatic Markers in English

Laurel J. (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) Brinton

Cambridge University Press, 2017

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This book examines the historical origins and development of pragmatic (or discourse) markers ranging from Old English to the present-day English, and provides new insights concerning their syntactic and semantic development. It is ideal for scholars in the fields of pragmatics, history of English, corpus linguistics and English historical syntax and semantics.

ISBN-13
9781107129054
ISBN-10
1107129052
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
Publication date
2017-08-31
Pages
344
Dimensions
162x235x17
Weight
642