German Ihr Gnaden: A Case Study in Historical Pragmatics and Grammaticalization is a research paper that explores how speakers of early modern German used the forms of address Euer Gnaden, Ihr Gnaden and others. The study uses the tools of discourse analysis within a framework of cognitive linguistics and grammaticalization to look at the pragmatics of changing usage over time based on extensive textual evidence.
Language
English
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Ewemeoui Press
Release
February 19, 2015
German Ihr Gnaden:: A Case Study in Historical Pragmatics and Grammaticalization
German Ihr Gnaden: A Case Study in Historical Pragmatics and Grammaticalization is a research paper that explores how speakers of early modern German used the forms of address Euer Gnaden, Ihr Gnaden and others. The study uses the tools of discourse analysis within a framework of cognitive linguistics and grammaticalization to look at the pragmatics of changing usage over time based on extensive textual evidence.