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Publication details [#54415]

Kohnen, Thomas. 2011. Understanding Anglo-Saxon “politeness“: Directive constructions with ic wille / ic wolde. Journal of Historical Pragmatics 12 (1,2) : 230–254.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

directive | historical linguistics | historical pragmatics | politeness | social interaction

Language as a subject

English, Old | Latin

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

Journal DOI

10.1075/jhp

Annotation

This paper, on the one hand, confirms the picture of Anglo-Saxon England as a world “beyond politeness“ (Kohnen 2008a); on the other hand, it also adds important aspects that may improve our perception of the complexities of Anglo-Saxon social interaction.