In:Unlocking the History of English: Pragmatics, prescriptivism and text types
Edited by Luisella Caon, Moragh S. Gordon and Thijs Porck
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 364] 2024
► pp. 1–7
Introduction
Unlocking the history of English
Published online: 4 April 2024
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.364.int
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.364.int
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Pragmatics and prescriptivism
- 3.Political, legal and medical text types
- 4.The language of late modern letters
- 5.Conclusion
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