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“speaking base approbious words”: Speech Representation in Early Modern English Witness Depositions
Walker, Terry Grund, Peter
Walker, Terry
Grund, Peter
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Abstract
This article explores the representation of speech in Early Modern English witness depositions. We demonstrate
that Semino and Short’s (2004) framework of description, which has for the most part been used in explorations
of present-day texts, is generally applicable to our historical data. Our study shows that factors such as the
importance of the evidence cited and the clarity of the deposition narrative were crucial considerations in
representing speech in different contexts.
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2016
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Speech representation, Early Modern English, Witness dispositions
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Walker, Terry, and Peter J. Grund. “‘speaking base approbious words’: Speech
Representation in Early Modern English Witness Depositions.” Journal of Historical
Pragmatics