From Imitation of Spoken to Conventions of Written Language: Interjections in Early Modern English

Taavitsainen, Irma

doi:10.1075/pbns.35.23taa

In:Historical Pragmatics: Pragmatic developments in the history of English
Edited by Andreas H. Jucker
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 35] 1995
► pp. 439–468

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Interjections in Early Modern English

From Imitation of Spoken to Conventions of Written Language

Irma Taavitsainen

Published online: 7 December 1995

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.35.23taa

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