02481nam 2200565 a 450 991081654090332120240509124303.03-8366-2753-1(CKB)2670000000053453(EBL)595218(OCoLC)679422987(SSID)ssj0000658016(PQKBManifestationID)12284048(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000658016(PQKBWorkID)10680907(PQKB)11061317(MiAaPQ)EBC595218(Au-PeEL)EBL595218(CaPaEBR)ebr10487851(EXLCZ)99267000000005345320110901d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPoliteness in Shakespeare applying Brown and Levinson's politeness theory to Shakespeare's comedies /Abdelaziz Bouchara1st ed.Hamburg Diplomica Verlag20091 online resource (120 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-8366-7753-9 Includes bibliographical references.Politeness in Shakespeare; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Brown and Levinson model: some central concepts; 3 Politeness theory and literary discourse; 4 Applying the model to four Shakespearean comedies; 5 Conclusion; 6. References; 7 Appendix; Abdelaziz BoucharaPenelope Brown and Stephen Levinson have proposed that power (P), distance (D), and the ranked extremity (R) of a face-threatening act are the universal determinants of politeness levels in dyadic discourse. This claim is tested here for Shakespeare's use of Early Modern English in Much Ado about Nothing, Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew, and Twelfth Night. The comedies are used because: (1) dramatic texts provide the best information on colloquial speech of the period; (2) the psychological soliloquies in the comedies provide the access to inner life that is necessary for a properEtiquette in literatureEtiquetteEtiquette in literature.Etiquette.822.3822.3/3822.33Bouchara Abdelaziz1145327MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816540903321Politeness in Shakespeare4083421UNINA