The reign of truth and faith
Subtitle: epistemic expressions in 16th and 17th century English
By: by Helen Bromhead.
Series: Topics in English linguistics -- 62
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9783110205596
Subjects: English language -- Interjections; English language -- Discourse analysis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. NSM and historical semantics; title: 3. Verily; title: 4. Surely; title: 5. Forsooth; title: 6. By my troth, in truth; title: 7. By my faith, in faith; title: 8. Methinks, I think; title: 9. I wot; title: 10. I ween; title: 11. I suppose; title: 12. I trow; title: 13. Concluding remarks; title: Notes; title: References; title: Name index; title: Subject index.