Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- Pakkala-Weckström, Mari.
Chaucer
- Published
- Andreas H. Jucker and Irma Taavitsainen, eds. Historical Pragmatics. Handbooks of Pragmatics, no. 8 (New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2010), pp. 219-45.
- Series
- Handbooks of Pragmatics, no. 08.
- Description
- Defines pragmaphilology as a field of study, explains why Chaucer is an important focus for study in the field, surveys the pragmaphilological work that has been done concerning Chaucer, and makes suggestions for future directions. Much of the work that has been done relates to speech acts (especially insults, threats, and promises), forms of address, and pronouns.
- Contributor
- Jucker, Andreas H., ed.
- Taavitsainenm Irma, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Historical Pragmatics.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies