Brinton Laurel J. Pragmatic Markers in English: Grammaticalization and Discourse Functions

Mouton de Gruyter, 1996. — 428 p. — (Topics in English Linguistics 19). — ISBN 3110148722, 9783110148725.The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics."Mystery features" of Old and Middle English
Conceptual background
Middle English gan
Middle and Early Modern English anon
Old English episode boundary markers
Middle English episode boundary markers
Old English hwaet
Middle English I gesse
Concluding remarks
Substantive studies of individual pragmatic markers in Modern English
Typologies of pragmatic markers in Modern English
Occurrences of gan in Treilus and Criseyde
Cooccurrence of adverbials with gan in Troilus and Criseyde
Episodic structure and occurrences of anon and gan in Book II of Troilus and Criseyde
Occurrences of anon in Books 6, 11, and 16 of Le morte d'Arthur
Bifel-constructions in The Canterbury tales
Bifel-constructions in Le morte d'Arthur
Preposed whan-clauses in "The Knight's tale."
Preposed whan-clauses in Book 16 of Le morte d'Arthur
First-person epistemic parentheticals in The Canterbury tales
First-person epistemic parentheticals in Troilus and Criseyde
Occurrences of God woot in The Canterbury tales
Occurrences of God woot in Troilus and Criseyde
Occurrences of trusteth me wel in The Canterbury tales.