Meaning in the history of English: words and texts in context ; [the 17th meeting of the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL) took place in Zurich in the last week of August 2012]
This article explores the use of evidentials, or markers of source of information in witness depositions from England in the period 1680-1710. By comparing the results with those from a previous study on the Salem witch trials (Grund 2012), I point to significant similarities in the linguistic forms...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam Philadelphia
John Benjamins Publishing Company
2013
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| Series: | Studies in language companion series
v. 148 |
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Studies in language companion series (v. 148)
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| Online Access: | Aggregator, lizenzpflichtig: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=664753 Aggregator, Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9789027206152.pdf 
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| Author Notes: | ed. by Andreas H. Jucker, Daniela Landert, Annina Seiler and Nicole Studer-Joho |
| Summary: | This article explores the use of evidentials, or markers of source of information in witness depositions from England in the period 1680-1710. By comparing the results with those from a previous study on the Salem witch trials (Grund 2012), I point to significant similarities in the linguistic forms and deployment of markers signaling sensory evidence, inference, assumption, and quotatives (i.e. information based on what other people have said). I also demonstrate the importance of considering the socio-historical and situational context in the interpretation of the evidentials: the legal sett |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9789027270894 9027270899 |