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Methods in Historical Corpus Pragmatics provides a comprehensive examination of epistemic stance—how speakers and writers convey their attitudes toward knowledge and certainty—in Early Modern English texts. Through rigorous corpus-based analysis, Daniela Landert demonstrates innovative methodologies for investigating pragmatic phenomena in historical language data.
The book bridges historical linguistics and corpus pragmatics, offering researchers practical approaches to analyzing authentic historical texts. It addresses the challenges of studying subjective linguistic features across centuries, presenting case studies that illuminate how epistemic markers functioned in Early Modern English discourse. The work contributes significantly to our understanding of English language evolution and provides valuable frameworks applicable to other historical periods and languages.
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