Evidentiality in early modern English medical treatises (1500-1700)

Whitt, Richard J.

Abstract

This study investigates diachronic trends in the use of evidential markers in Early Modern English medical treatises (1500-1700), with data drawn from the Corpus of Early Modern English Medical Texts. The state of medical thought and practice in Early Modern England is discussed, with particular focus on the changing role that Scholasticism played during this period. The nature of evidentiality and types of scholastic vs. non-scholastic evidence are given attention, and quantitative results are outlined. The results are then discussed in light of discursive and typological considerations.

Citation

Whitt, R. J. (2016). Evidentiality in early modern English medical treatises (1500-1700). Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics, 2(2), 235-263. https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsl-2016-0014

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 16, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Oct 12, 2016
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Deposit Date: Jun 22, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 12, 2016
• Journal: Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics
• Electronic ISSN: 2199-2908
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 235-263
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsl-2016-0014
• Keywords: evidentiality, Early Modern medicine, scholasticism, Corpus of Early Modern English Medical Texts
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/823881
• Publisher URL: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jhsl.2016.2.issue-2/jhsl-2016-0014/jhsl-2016-0014.xml
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