John Benjamins's research works

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Summary / Zusammenfassung In the context of this project, specific speech acts are studied in the history of the English language. Did earlier speakers of English use the same speech acts that we use today? Did they use them in the same way? How did they signal speech act values and how did they negotiate them in case of uncertainty? Specific speech acts that have already been studied in detail within this project include insults, apologies, and compliments. Speech Acts in the History of English

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