Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Note on the Text
- Introduction: Discourse in Old Norse Literature
- 1 When Questions Are Not Questions
- 2 The Quarrel of the Queens and Indirect Aggression
- 3 Sneglu-Halli and the Conflictive Principle
- 4 Felicity Conditions and Conversion Confrontations
- 5 Icelanders and Their Language Abroad
- 6 Proverbs and Poetry as Pragmatic Weapons
- 7 Speech Situations and the Pragmatics of Gender
- 8 Manuscript Genealogy and the Diachrony of Pragmatic Usage in Icelandic Sagas
- Conclusion: Close Context and the Proximity of Pragmatics
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Studies in Old Norse Literature
List of Illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Note on the Text
- Introduction: Discourse in Old Norse Literature
- 1 When Questions Are Not Questions
- 2 The Quarrel of the Queens and Indirect Aggression
- 3 Sneglu-Halli and the Conflictive Principle
- 4 Felicity Conditions and Conversion Confrontations
- 5 Icelanders and Their Language Abroad
- 6 Proverbs and Poetry as Pragmatic Weapons
- 7 Speech Situations and the Pragmatics of Gender
- 8 Manuscript Genealogy and the Diachrony of Pragmatic Usage in Icelandic Sagas
- Conclusion: Close Context and the Proximity of Pragmatics
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Studies in Old Norse Literature
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- Discourse in Old Norse Literature , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2021