A relevance perspective of promising in medical utilitarian texts of the earl y modern english period. Núm 5

• Главный автор: Quintana Toledo, Elena (auth)
• Формат: Электронный ресурс Глава книги
• Язык: английский
• Опубликовано: Valencia Universitat Politècnica de València Editorial 2020
• Серии: Estudios de lingüística aplicada Núm 5
• Предметы: ELT background & reference material
• Online-ссылка: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Medical recipes written before the birth of modern scientific writing, at least as we know it today, are frequently characterised by the inclusion of expressions aimed at validating the efficacy of the remedies. These expressions have been traditionally considered as promises of efficacy. This resea...