Annemieke Bijkerk
List of John Benjamins publications for which Annemieke Bijkerk plays a role.
Articles
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
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