Enregisterment in historical contexts : a framework

In this thesis I discuss how the phenomena of indexicality and enregisterment (Silverstein 2003; Agha 2003) can be observed and studied in historical contexts via the use of historical textual data. I present a framework for the study of historical enregisterment which compares data from corpora of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooper, Paul
Other Authors: Beal, Joan ; Hodson, Jane
Published: University of Sheffield 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.572412