TY - GEN T1 - Instructional writing in English : studies in honour of Risto Hiltunen T2 - Pragmatics & beyond ; A2 - Peikola, Matti A2 - Skaffari, Janne A2 - Tanskanen, Sanna-Kaisa A2 - Hiltunen, Risto LA - English PP - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia PB - John Benjamins Pub. Co. YR - 2009 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn460700089 AB - The history of English writing is, to a considerable extent, the history of instructional writing in English. This volume is the first collection of papers to focus on instructional writing throughout the history of the language. Spanning a millennium of English texts, the materials studied represent procedural and behavioural discourse in a variety of genres. The primary texts, from Ælfric's homilies to medieval cooking recipes to seventeenth-century American conduct literature to present-day language textbooks, display a variety of linguistic devices typical of instruction. The materials non. OP - 240 CN - PR408.D49 I57 2009eb SN - 9789027290489 SN - 9027290482 SN - 9789027254245 SN - 9027254249 KW - Didactic literature, English : History and criticism. KW - English prose literature : Middle English, 1100-1500 : History and criticism. KW - English prose literature : Early modern, 1500-1700 : History and criticism. KW - English language : Rhetoric : Study and teaching. KW - Littérature didactique anglaise : Histoire et critique. KW - Prose anglaise : 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) : Histoire et critique. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. KW - Didactic literature, English KW - English language : Rhetoric : Study and teaching KW - English prose literature : Early modern KW - English prose literature : Middle English KW - 1100-1700 KW - Festschriften KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Festschriften. ER -