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- Title
"Speaking base approbious words": Speech representation in Early Modern English witness depositions.
- Authors
Walker, Terry; Grund, Peter J.
- Abstract
This paper explores the representation of speech in Early Modern English witness depositions. We demonstrate that Semino and Short's (2004) framework of description, which has for the most part been used in explorations of presentday texts, is generally applicable to our historical data. Our study shows that factors such as the importance of the evidence cited and the clarity of the deposition narrative were crucial considerations in representing speech in different contexts.
- Subjects
EARLY modern English language; SPEECH; DEPOSITIONS; WITNESSES; NARRATIVES
- Publication
Journal of Historical Pragmatics, 2017, Vol 18, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1566-5852
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1075/jhp.18.1.01wal