This paper analyses lexical features in letters written to and by Margaret Paston, using Fairclough’s (1992) three-dimensional framework for discourse analysis. Historical pragmatics, as a relatively new field, is open to the development of new methodologies and the adaptation of established ones. Although Fairclough’s methodology is intended as a systematic way of approaching modern text, it is shown to be relevant and useful in historical work. The letters are analysed in context, with reference to the discursive practices (production, distribution, and consumption of text) and social practices of the fifteenth century. The analysis shows that Margaret occupies a powerful position within her family and the community.
2023. Diszkurzív gyakorlat és férji hatalom összefüggései középmagyar kori úriszéki periratok forráskiadásában. Társadalmi Nemek Tudománya Interdiszciplináris eFolyóirat 12:2 ► pp. 150 ff.
Herat, Manel
2021. Post-war Letters to the Lord Mayor of Liverpool: Epistolary Constructions of Identity. In Epistolary Constructions of Post-World War I Identity, ► pp. 39 ff.
Hernández-Campoy, Juan M., J. Camilo Conde-Silvestre & Tamara García-Vidal
2019. Tracing Patterns of Intra-Speaker Variation in Early English Correspondence: A Change from Above in thePaston Letters. Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 54:s1 ► pp. 287 ff.
Hernández-Campoy, Juan M. & Tamara García-Vidal
2018. Style-shifting and accommodative competence in Late Middle English written correspondence: Putting Audience Design to the test of time. Folia Linguistica 52:s39-s2 ► pp. 383 ff.
Hernández-Campoy, Juan M. & Tamara García-Vidal
2018. Persona management and identity projection in English Medieval society: Evidence from John Paston II. Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics 4:1 ► pp. 33 ff.
Hernández-Campoy, Juan Manuel
2008. Overt and covert prestige in Late Middle English: A case study in East Anglia. Folia Linguistica Historica 42:Historica vol. 29 ► pp. 1 ff.
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