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Table of contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Chapter 1. “Mystery features” of Old and Middle English
- 1.0. Introduction
- 1.1. Approaches to mystery features
- 1.2. The diachronic study of pragmatic markers
- 1.3. Overview of the current study
- Chapter 2. Conceptual background
- 2.0. Introduction
- 2.1. Pragmatic markers
- 2.2. Structure of narrative discourse
- 2.3. Grounding
- 2.4. Grammaticalization
- 2.5. Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Middle English gan
- 3.0. Introduction
- 3.1. History of gan
- 3.2. Distribution of gan in Middle English texts
- 3.3. Metrical function of gan
- 3.4. Stylistic function of gan
- 3.5. Textual function of gan
- 3.6. Development of gan
- 3.7. Conclusion
- Chapter 4. Middle and Early Modern English anon
- 4.0. Introduction
- 4.1. Anon in Middle English
- 4.2. Anon in Early Modern English
- 4.3. Semantic development of anon
- 4.4. Grammaticalization of anon
- 4.5. Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Old English episode boundary markers
- 5.0. Introduction
- 5.1. The gelamp-construction
- 5.2. Grounding functions of the gelamp-construction
- 5.3. Syntactic status of constituents of the gelamp-construction
- 5.4. Grammaticalization of the gelamp-construction
- 5.5. Conclusion
- Chapter 6. Middle English episode boundary markers
- 6.0. Introduction
- 6.1. The bifel-construction
- 6.2. Preposed whan-clauses
- 6.3. Shift from the bifel-construction to whan-clauses
- 6.4. Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Old English hwæt
- 7.0. Introduction
- 7.1. Uses of hwæt in verse
- 7.2. Meaning of hwæt in verse
- 7.3. Meaning of hwæt in prose
- 7.4. Development of hwæt
- 7.5. Rise of you know
- 7.6. Conclusion
- Chapter 8. Middle English I gesse
- 8.0. Introduction
- 8.1. First-person epistemic parentheticals in Middle English
- 8.2. First-person epistemic parentheticals in Chaucer
- 8.3. Development of first-person epistemic parentheticals
- 8.4. Non-first-person epistemic parentheticals in Chaucer
- 8.5. Conclusion
- Chapter 9. Concluding remarks
- 9.0. “Mystery features” as pragmatic markers
- 9.1. Properties of pragmatic markers in earlier English
- 9.2. Textual functions of pragmatic markers in earlier English
- 9.3. Interpersonal functions of pragmatic markers in earlier English
- 9.4. Grammaticalization of pragmatic markers
- 9.5. Continuity of pragmatic markers
- Appendices
- Appendix A. Substantive studies of individual pragmatic markers in Modern English
- Appendix B. Typologies of pragmatic markers in Modern English
- Appendix C. Occurrences of gan in Troilus and Criseyde
- Appendix D. Cooccurrence of adverbials with gan in Troilus and Criseyde
- Appendix E. Episodic structure and occurrences of anon and gan in Book II of Troilus and Criseyde
- Appendix F. Occurrences of anon in Books 6, 11, and 16 of Le morte d'Arthur
- Appendix G. Bifel-constructions in The Canterbury tales
- Appendix H. Bifel-constructions in Le morte d'Arthur
- Appendix I. Preposed whan-clauses in “The Knight's tale”
- Appendix J. Preposed whan-clauses in Book 16 of Le morte d'Arthur
- Appendix K. First-person epistemic parentheticals in The Canterbury tales
- Appendix L. First-person epistemic parentheticals in Troilus and Criseyde
- Appendix M. Occurrences of God woot in The Canterbury tales
- Appendix N. Occurrences of God woot in Troilus and Criseyde
- Appendix O. Occurrences of trusteth me wel in The Canterbury tales
- Notes
- References
- Index