The T/V Pronouns in Later Middle English Literature
- Author / Editor
- Burnley, David.
The T/V Pronouns in Later Middle English Literature
- Published
- Irma Taavitsainen and Andreas H. Jucker, eds. Diachronic Perspectives on Address Term Systems. Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, no. 107 (Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2003), pp. 27-45.
- Series
- Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, no. 107.
- Description
- Describes the "difficulties faced by scholars in unraveling" the complications involved in the usage and nuances of meaning of late Middle English you /thou pronouns, with particular attention to Chaucer's works, Eustace Deschamps' address to Chaucer, and Christine de Pizan's address to Deschamps. Considers a variety of complicating pragmatic factors, including plurality, politeness, code switching, literary contexts, manuscript transmission, rising humanism, etc.
- Contributor
- Taavitsainen, Irma, ed.
- Jucker, Andreas H., ed.
- Alternative Title
- Diachronic Perspectives on Address Term Systems.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies