Gabriella Mazzon

List of John Benjamins publications for which Gabriella Mazzon plays a role.

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Subjects Discourse studies | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Pragmatics

Articles

Mazzon, Gabriella 2022 Chapter 10. Shifting responsibility in passing information: Stance-taking in Sir Thomas Bodley’s diplomatic correspondenceEnglish Historical Linguistics: Change in structure and meaning, Los, Bettelou, Claire Cowie, Patrick Honeybone and Graeme Trousdale (eds.), pp. 245–262 | Chapter
Within the subfield of historical pragmatics, this paper focuses on the linguistic means used for transmitting knowledge and signalling stance in a sample of Early Modern diplomatic correspondence, a text-type that, while partly codified and formulaic, shows individual variation according to… read more
Starting from notions of conversational dominance as a locus for face-work, and of the crucial role of specific language items in managing conflict and (dis)agreement in dialogue, the paper will look at some case studies in the development and pragmaticalization stages of various English… read more
Mazzon, Gabriella 2003 10. Pronouns and nominal address in Shakespearean English: A socio-affective markings system in transitionDiachronic Perspectives on Address Term Systems, Taavitsainen, Irma and Andreas H. Jucker (eds.), pp. 223–249 | Article
Mazzon, Gabriella 1993 English in MaltaEnglish World-Wide 14:2, pp. 171–208 | Article