Roxanne But

List of John Benjamins publications in which Roxanne But is involved.

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But, Roxanne 2013 The role of context in the meaning specification of cant and slang words in eighteenth-century English Meaning in the History of English: Words and texts in context, Jucker, Andreas H., Daniela Landert, Annina Seiler and Nicole Studer-Joho (eds.), pp. 129–154 | Article
This paper aims to explore the ways in which context is necessary for the meaning construction and understanding of the cant lexis (“thieves’ slang”) in actual language use. Taking a historical pragmatic approach, I investigate the use of one cant term (cull) in eighteenth-century texts drawn from… read more
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