THE <i>LITERA TROILI</i> AND ENGLISH LETTERS

Davis, Norman

doi:10.1093/res/xvi.63.233

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“…Similar formulae are found in English letters from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century (Davis 1965;Austin 1973aAustin , 1973bAustin , 2004Nevalainen 2001). Davis (1965) also points to French examples from the late fourteenth century.…”

Section: Health Formulae As Lexicalised Prefabssupporting

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“…Davis (1965) also points to French examples from the late fourteenth century. would regret having to hear that.…”

Section: Health Formulae As Lexicalised Prefabsmentioning

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“…Health formulae (cf. Davis 1965;Austin 1973aAustin , 2004Nevalainen 2001), to be discussed in more detail in Section 4 below, consist of health statements and health wishes, of which prototypical examples are given in (6a) and (6b) respectively:…”

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Functions of epistolary formulae in Dutch letters from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Rutten

Wal

2012

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Wray (2002) distinguishes three main functions of formulaic language relating to processing, interaction and discourse marking. In this paper, we show that Wray's analysis of the functions of formulaic language also applies to historical letter-writing in a corpus of seventeenth-and eighteenth-century Dutch letters. Discourse is marked with formulae indicating the text type or the text structure. Interaction is covered by intersubjective formulae communicating health, greetings, wishes for renewed contact, as well as Christian-ritual formulae. The processing function is operationalised in terms of literacy and writing experience, assuming that the use of prefabricated formulae reduces the writing effort. Therefore, we expect less-experienced letter-writers to use more formulae than more-experienced writers. We will show that less-experienced writers are indeed more likely to use epistolary formulae, and conclude that Wray's "reduction of the speaker's processing effort" in online speech production, also applies to written seventeenth-and eighteenth-century Dutch.

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Section: Health Formulae As Lexicalised Prefabssupporting

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“…Davis (1965) also points to French examples from the late fourteenth century. would regret having to hear that.…”

Section: Health Formulae As Lexicalised Prefabsmentioning

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Functions of epistolary formulae in Dutch letters from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

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Wal

2012

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“…4 Similar health formulae are found in English letters from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries (Davis, 1965: Nevalainen, 2001Austin, 1973a;1973b;2004). Examples from nineteenth-century Finnish are provided by Laitinen and Nordlund (2012: 77).…”

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The Practice of Letter Writing: Skills, Models, and Early Modern Dutch Manuals

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Rutten²

2013

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In this paper, formulaic language in seventeenth-and eighteenth-century Dutch private letters is compared with formulae presented in letter-writing manuals. The most frequent formulae in the Dutch letters show a striking similarity with those found in private letters from other language areas. Such an eye-catching similarity points clearly to a shared European epistolary tradition which has been the topic of various previous studies. Being aware of this widespread tradition, we address the question of how letter writers acquired the formulae characteristic of that tradition by first discussing briefl y literacy in the Dutch Republic and by subsequently taking into consideration the possible influence of theory and models provided in letter-writing manuals. After having established similarities and differences between the 'theory' of the more modest manuals or schoolbooks and actual practice of private letters, we conclude that direct influence of letterwriting manuals on the actual practice is not very likely. In the same vein as claims made for other languages, we furthermore argue that letter-writing conventions such as formulae were rather acquired by active participation in writing practice.

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“…Directly following the initial address term, Maria expresses a "care" for Joan's health, which had been -and to some extent still is -a conventional way of opening letters since its adaptation from Anglo-Norman models in the fourteenth century (Davis 1965). However, the fact that it is not found elsewhere in Maria's correspondence to Joan makes its use here seem hyperformalistic.…”

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“trobled wth a tedious discours”

Williams

2010

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This study provides close, pragmatically-orientated readings of epistolary manifestations of sincerity, sarcasm and seriousness as expressed in the letters of Maria Thynne to her mother-in-law and to her husband, at the beginning of the seventeenth century. By examining how each mode of expression arose from, and interacted with, its familial and textual environments, these readings discuss the social functions and linguistic implications of Maria’s stylistic repertoire. The study concludes with the suggestion that the letters provide preliminary evidence for the claim that, along with that of sincerity, the Early Modern period may also have been of some significance for the development of sarcasm in English.

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THE LITERA TROILI AND ENGLISH LETTERS

Cited by 35 publications

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Functions of epistolary formulae in Dutch letters from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Functions of epistolary formulae in Dutch letters from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

The Practice of Letter Writing: Skills, Models, and Early Modern Dutch Manuals

“trobled wth a tedious discours”

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