The use of vocatives in early modern English gentry comedies : a corpus-based approach

My primary concerns are what vocatives were used and how they were used in Early Modern English 'gentry' comedies. As there are of course no authentic recorded data from the period, I have investigated a collection of drama texts in the Vocative-Focussed Socio-Pragmatic Corpus. Methodologi...

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Main Author: Shiina, Michi
Published: Lancaster University 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.629123