The Reign of Truth and Faith : : Epistemic Expressions in 16th and 17th Century English / / Helen Bromhead.
This is a ground-breaking study in the historical semantics and pragmatics of English in the 16th and 17th centuries. It examines the meaning, use and cultural underpinnings of confident- and certain-sounding epistemic expressions, such as forsooth, by my troth and in faith, and first person epistem...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
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