Publications

Publication details [#13492]

Peikola, Matti. 1994. On the Trail of a Lollard Discourse: Notes on the Relationship between Language Use and Identity in the Wycliffite sect. In Tanskanen, Sanna-Kaisa and Brita Wårvik, eds. Topics and Comments. Papers from the Discourse Projects. (Anglicana Turkuensia 13). University of Turku. pp. 75–88.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse analysis | stylistics | uses of language

Language as a subject

English, Old

Annotation

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possibility of approaching the Wycliffite sect's distinctively uniform mode of expression as a socially defined discourse whose central function was to enable the sectarians to identify themselves as members of their community.