The Language of Politeness in Chaucer: An Analysis of the Use of Linguistic Features Reflecting Social and Interpersonal Relationships
- Author / Editor
- Shimonomoto, Keiko.
The Language of Politeness in Chaucer: An Analysis of the Use of Linguistic Features Reflecting Social and Interpersonal Relationships
- Published
- Tokyo : Waseda University Enterprise, 2001.
- Physical Description
- viii, 191 pp.
- Description
- Examines the indicators of politeness and social categories (class, degree of intimacy, etc.) in the speech of romance characters in CT and TC, with attention to forms of address and second-person pronouns (ye/thou). Also considers politeness strategies in relation to literary genre and pragmatic function (e.g., pleas and imperatives), arguing that formal description without attention to conditioning factors cannot succeed in capturing the nuances of politeness. Ph.D. thesis, University of Sheffield, 1992.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.