In:The Familiar Letter in Early Modern English: A pragmatic approach
Susan Fitzmaurice
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 95] 2002
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 8 August 2002
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.95.toc
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Table of contents
Acknowledgmentsvii
Introduction
1. The pragmatics of epistolary conversation: Preliminary considerations
2. Context and the linguistic construction of epistolary worlds
3. Making and reading epistolary meaning
4. Sociable letters, acts of advice and medical counsel
5. Epistolary acts of seeking and dispensing patronage
6. Intersubjectivity and the writing of the epistolary interlocutor
7. Relevance and the consequences of unintended epistolary meaning
Making meaning in letters: a lesson in reading
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