Politeness in Chaucer: Suggestions towards a Methodology for Pragmatic Stylistics
- Author / Editor
- Sell, Roger D.
Politeness in Chaucer: Suggestions towards a Methodology for Pragmatic Stylistics
- Published
- Studia Neophilologica 57 (1985): 175-85.
- Description
- Stylistic or linguistic thickening is a key to meaning, as in selectional politeness. Abrupt shifts of topic, disruption of narrative frames, and lack of deference to the reader's expectations make MilT more "impolite."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale.