Phil Withington

List of John Benjamins publications in which Phil Withington is involved.

Articles

Withington, Phil 2012 “Tumbled into the dirt”: Wit and incivility in early modern England Understanding Historical (Im)Politeness: Relational linguistic practice over time and across cultures, Bax, Marcel and Dániel Z. Kádár (eds.), pp. 154–174 | Article

This paper considers notions of “wit” in early modern England. It deploys quantitative methodologies to trace the term’s general discursive importance over time; it also looks at the use and conceptualisation of the term by canonical writers — Robert Greene and William Shakespeare in the 1590s,… read more

Withington, Phil 2011 “Tumbled into the dirt”: Wit and incivility in early modern England Understanding Historical (Im)Politeness, Bax, Marcel and Dániel Z. Kádár (eds.), pp. 156–177 | Article

This paper considers notions of “wit” in early modern England. It deploys quantitative methodologies to trace the term’s general discursive importance over time; it also looks at the use and conceptualisation of the term by canonical writers — Robert Greene and William Shakespeare in the 1590s,… read more