The Evolution of Pragmatic Markers in English Pathways of Change

186 I/You Admit and Admittedly c. it is admitted , that to say of a man that hee ha·h robbed the Church· gener- ally will not be ...

6.7 Discussion 187 with the development of performative I promise discussed by Traugott and Dasher ( 2002 : 205– 206). As they n ...

188 I/You Admit and Admittedly of epistemic parentheticals. The development of admit is summarized in Figure 6.1. The more frequ ...

189 6.8 Conclusion though in the case of admittedly there can be no blending with or reinforce- ment by an adjunct adverbial, as ...

190 I/You Admit and Admittedly matrix clause – and not the adverbial structure as I/ you admit – provides the only plausible sou ...

191 7 Forms of Say :  That Said and I’m Just Saying 7.1 Introduction Say – like many general verbs of communication, cognition, ...

192 Forms of Say comment clauses in Present- day English are discussed, followed by an exam- ination of their fi rst known occur ...

7.2 The “That Said” Construction 193 their class of supplements, or “elements which occupy a position in linear sequence without ...

194 Forms of Say a comparison with to be sure , admits that it “has its good side.” Garner ( 2003 ) observes that having said th ...

7.2 The “That Said” Construction 195 pages and dark one in the history of all peoples and countries ... Each nation has to assum ...

196 Forms of Say As Figure 7.1 shows, the forms are most common in the Spoken genre, although that/ this said is also common in ...

7.2 The “That Said” Construction 197 it to be common in Fiction. Moreover, because the Newspaper genre often con- tains a high p ...

198 Forms of Say that (having been) said’.”^3 Likewise, Poutsma ( 1905 :  725)  notes that “being or having been is often suppre ...

7.2 The “That Said” Construction 199 7.2.3.1 Development of That/ This Having Been Said. The earliest examples of that/ this hav ...

200 Forms of Say (6) a. The Secretarie told him, that the Marquesse Sforce was to goe to the Court of Ferdinand, and before his ...

7.2 The “That Said” Construction 201 c. That sain And done , torn my men vnto (1475 Partenay (EETS) 4132 [Visser 1265: 1265]) ‘t ...

202 Forms of Say Despite the existence of some indeterminate examples, I  cannot locate unambiguous concessive examples until th ...

7.2 The “That Said” Construction 203 7.2.3.5 Switch from This to That. The switch from the proximal to the distal demonstrative ...

204 Forms of Say justifi es an extraordinary price. But having said this , it needs also to be rec- ognized that Japan is in a f ...

7.2 The “That Said” Construction 205 7.2. 7 Summary of “That Said” Construction In summary, it would appear that this said and h ...