Colette Moore

Quoting Speech in Early English

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study of speech representation in English texts from 1350 1600 examines the problems of interpreting discourse in these early works.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9780521199087
• ISBN-10: 0521199085
• Artikelnr.: 32301838

Autorenporträt

Colette Moore is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, University of Washington.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Methods of marking speech
2. Interpreting reported speech: defamation depositions, sermons, chronicles
3. Reported speech in literary texts: stylistic implications
Conclusion: pragmatic palimpsests
Appendices
Works cited
Index.