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Based on an extensive corpus-based study, this revealing book explores how epistemic stance is expressed in the early modern period, and in doing so, presents new methodologies for using corpora to investigate issues in historical pragmatics. It provides a new, corpus-driven method for the analysis of pragmatic functions that rely on context-dependent interpretations. By retrieving passages that include a high-density of the pragmatic function under investigation, the subsequent analysis can reveal previously neglected forms and context-dependent factors. It includes four empirical studies that apply the method to the analysis of epistemic stance in four Early Modern English corpora, the result of which emphasise the importance of context for the expression of stance. It also includes an appendix with inventories of Early Modern English stance expressions, offering starting points for further research studies. It is essential reading for researchers and students in historical pragmatics and corpus pragmatics.

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Daniela Landert is Professor of English Linguistics at Heidelberg University. Her research interests include historical pragmatics, corpus pragmatics, the study of (spontaneous) spoken language, pragmatics of fiction, and modality. She is the author of Personalisation in Mass Media Communication (John Benjamins, 2014) and Editor of the Journal of Historical Pragmatics.

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