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Unlocking the History of English: Pragmatics, prescriptivism and text types
Edited by Luisella Caon, Moragh S. Gordon and Thijs Porck
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 364] 2024
► pp. 1–7

Introduction

Unlocking the history of English

| Leiden University
| Leiden University
| Leiden University
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Pragmatics and prescriptivism
  • 3.Political, legal and medical text types
  • 4.The language of late modern letters
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Bibliography
Published online: 4 April 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.364.int
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