Social Relations and Form of Address in the Canterbury Tales
- Author / Editor
- Mazzon, Gabriella.
Social Relations and Form of Address in the Canterbury Tales
- Published
- Dieter Kastovsky and Arthur Mettinger, eds. The History of English in a Social Context: A Contribution to Historical Sociolinguistics. Trends in Linguistics; Studies and Monographs, no. 129. (Berlin and New York: Gruyter, 2000), pp. 135-68.
- Series
- Trends in Linguistics; Studies and Monographs, no. 129.
- Description
- Mazzon demonstrates a "clear correlation between discourse strategies and pronoun use and switching" in CT. You and thou forms indicate "politeness" as well as social status, gender, and characterization.
- Alternative Title
- The History of English in a Social Context: A Contribution to Historical Sociolinguistics.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.
- Canterbury Tales--General.