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Pragmatics and Literature
Edited by Siobhan Chapman and Billy Clark
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature 35] 2019
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Chapter 9
James Hogg’s and Walter Scott’s Scottishness

Varying perceptions of (im)politeness in negotiating Englishness

Article outline
  • 9.1Introduction: The politics of Englishness in early nineteenth-century Scotland
  • 9.2The ideology of Scotticisms
  • 9.3Discursive (im)politeness theory for literary analysis
  • 9.4The Ettrick Shepherd: A bull in a china shop
  • 9.5Walter Scott’s literary compromise and communicational co-adaptation
  • 9.6Summary
  • Note
  • References
Published online: 5 December 2019
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