Annemieke Bijkerk

List of John Benjamins publications in which Annemieke Bijkerk is involved.

Articles

Bijkerk, Annemieke 2007 Yours sincerely and yours affectionately : On the origin and development of two positive politeness markers Letter Writing, Nevalainen, Terttu and Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen (eds.), pp. 115–129 | Article

This article explores the history of yours sincerely and yours affectionately as closing formulas in letters. It focuses especially on the rise of the formulas in the eighteenth century, tracing their origin as positive politeness devices which took the place of the pragmatised standard epistolary… read more

Bijkerk, Annemieke 2004  Yours sincerely and yours affectionately: On the origin and development of two positive politeness markers Letter Writing, Nevalainen, Terttu and Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen (eds.), pp. 297–311 | Article

This article explores the history of yours sincerely and yours affectionately as closing formulas in letters. It focuses especially on the rise of the formulas in the eighteenth century, tracing their origin as positive politeness devices which took the place of the pragmatised standard epistolary… read more