The Discourse of Seduction and Intrigue: Linguistic Strategies in Three Fabliaux in the Canterbury Tales
- Author / Editor
- Pakkala-Weckström, Mari.
The Discourse of Seduction and Intrigue: Linguistic Strategies in Three Fabliaux in the Canterbury Tales
- Published
- Journal of Historical Linguistics 3: 151-73, 2002.
- Description
- Examines "politeness strategies" (ye/thou) and emotional language in light of genre expectations and characterization. In MilT, MerT, and ShT, wives use various linguistic strategies to manipulate their husbands and others, but the linguistic consistency of the wife in ShT indicates social mastery from the outset; Alison and May may achieve such mastery through the events of their plots.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.
- Miller and His Tale.
- Merchant and His Tale.
- Shipman and His Tale.