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“speaking base approbious words” : Speech Representation in Early Modern English Witness Depositions
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Author list: Walker, Terry
Publication year: 2017
Start page: 1
End page: 29
Number of pages: 29
ISSN: 1566-5852
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This paper explores the representation of speech in Early Modern English witness depositions. We demonstrate that Semino and Short’s (2004) framework of description, which has for the most part been used in explorations of present-day texts, is generally applicable to our historical data. Our study shows that factors such as the importance of the evidence cited and the clarity of the deposition narrative were crucial considerations in representing speech in different contexts.
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