Discourse perspectives on English medieval to modern (John Benjamins Pub., 2003)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Discourse Perspectives on English; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; "When you read or hear this story read"; Telling the anchorite code; Lexical borrowings in early Middle English religious discourse; The catalogue; Recipes for laces; "Best patterns for your imitation"; "Let me not lose yr love & friendship"; Appendix: Spider correspondence of 1668-1671; Index; The PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.
Covering nearly one thousand years, this volume explores medieval and modern English texts from fresh perspectives. Within the relatively new field of historical discourse linguistics, the synchronic analysis of large textual units and consideration of text-external features in relation to discourse has so far received little attention. To fill that gap, this volume offers studies of medieval instructional and religious texts and correspondence from the early modern period. The contributions highlight writer-audience relationships, the intended use of texts, descriptions of text-type, and ques