LINGUIST List 21.2883 Mon Jul 12 2010 TOC: Journal of Historical Pragmatics 11/2 (2010) Editor for this issue: Dayn Schulert <daynlinguistlist.org> Directory         1.    Paul Peranteau, Journal of Historical Pragmatics Vol. 11, No. 2 (2010) Message 1: Journal of Historical Pragmatics Vol. 11, No. 2 (2010) Date: 09-Jul-2010 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Journal of Historical Pragmatics Vol. 11, No. 2 (2010) E-mail this message to a friend Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Journal Title: Journal of Historical Pragmatics Volume Number: 11 Issue Number: 2 Issue Date: 2010 Main Text: Journal of Historical Pragmatics 11:2 2010. iv, 170 pp. Table of contents Articles “trobled wth a tedious discours”: Sincerity, sarcasm and seriousness in the letters of Maria Thynne, c. 1601–1610 Graham Williams 169–193 Supplica la mia parvidade…: Petitions in medieval society — a matter of ritualised or first reflexive politeness? Gudrun Held 194–218 Directive speech acts: A cross-generic diachronic study Lilo Moessner 219–249 Pleas from the New World: The structure of directive head acts in Colonial Spanish familiar letters Jeremy King 250–276 Complexity in national legislation of the Early Modern English period Anu Lehto 277–300 Reviews Adrian Pablé. The Construction of a Period Dialect: The Language of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and its Sources Reviewed by Matti Rissanen 301–303 Terry Walker. Thou and You in Early Modern English Dialogues: Trials, Depositions, and Drama Comedy Reviewed by Minna Nevala 304–307 Irma Taavitsainen, Juhani Härmä and Jarmo Korhonen. Dialogic Language Use / Dimensions du dialogisme / Dialogischer Sprachgebrauch Reviewed by Angela Schrott 308–314 Misumi Sadler. Grammar in Use across Time and Space. Deconstructing the Japanese ‘Dative Subject’ Construction Reviewed by Minako Nakayasu 315–318 Satoko Suzuki (ed.). Emotive Communication in Japanese Reviewed by Atsuko Honda 319–324 Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen. Particles at the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface: Synchronic and Diachronic Issues. A Study with Special Reference to the French Phasal Adverbs Reviewed by Gudrun Held 325–329 Arja Nurmi, Minna Nevala and Minna Palander-Collin (eds.). The Language of Daily Life in England (1400–1800) Reviewed by Laura Wright 330–335 Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics                             Pragmatics                             Semantics                             Discourse Analysis Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 12-Jul-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.