Historical Pragmatics

The Handbook of Historical Pragmatics provides an authoritative and accessible overview of this versatile new field in pragmatics devoted to a diachronic study of language use and human interaction in context. It covers all areas of historical pragmatics from grammaticalization theory to pragmatic entities, such as discourse markers, speech acts and politeness to individual discourse domains from scientific writing to literary discourse. Each contribution,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311021427X
• ISBN13: 9783110214277
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 756 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.1" x 9.6"