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Politeness in the History of English: From the Middle Ages to the Present Day [Kõva köide]

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  • Formaat: Hardback, 220 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 235x157x15 mm, kaal: 420 g, Worked examples or Exercises; 11 Tables, black and white; 21 Line drawings, black and white
  • Ilmumisaeg: 16-Apr-2020
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1108499627
  • ISBN-13: 9781108499620
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 220 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 235x157x15 mm, kaal: 420 g, Worked examples or Exercises; 11 Tables, black and white; 21 Line drawings, black and white
  • Ilmumisaeg: 16-Apr-2020
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1108499627
  • ISBN-13: 9781108499620
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Märksõnad:
The concept of politeness permeates all aspects of modern life and society. However, to what extent has this phenomenon changed over time? This book traces the elusive concept of politeness from its beginnings in the Middle Ages up to the present day. Detailed case studies of mostly literary texts provide insights into historically specific ways of being polite, from discernment politeness in Old English to recent examples, such as non-imposition politeness. Readers will gain a better understanding of both the folk-notion of politeness and specific scholarly definitions, and how these can be applied to historical data. The long diachrony provides a novel perspective both on the concept of politeness and on the history of the English language in its social context, making this essential reading for politeness specialists, cultural historians and historical linguists alike. Politeness emerges as a multifaceted phenomenon that is both culture-specific and history-specific.

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' the book serves as a great resource for historical pragmaticists who are looking for an overview of politeness across the history of English.' Daniela Cesiri, Journal of Pragmatics ' Jucker gives readers a thorough overview of the complexities of politeness and a snapshot of how English notions of politeness have evolved over time Recommend.' C. P. Jamison, Choice 'Jucker's book shows that one always needs to critically reflect on whether the politeness-related notions adopted for enquiries in multilingual development are at all valid. I thoroughly recommend it.' Dániel Z. Kádár, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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From the Middle Ages up to the present day, this book traces politeness in the history of the English language.
List of Figures
vii
List of Tables
ix
Preface
xi
1 Exploring Politeness in the History of English
1(17)
1.1 Introduction
1(2)
1.2 Epistemological Status of Politeness
3(6)
1.3 Three Waves of Politeness Research
9(4)
1.4 Types of Politeness and Outline of the Book
13(5)
2 Research Methods and Data Problems
18(14)
2.1 Introduction
18(1)
2.2 The Dimensions of Historical Politeness Research
19(1)
2.3 The Use of Politeness
20(5)
2.4 The Mention of Politeness
25(2)
2.5 Data Problems
27(3)
2.6 Conclusion
30(2)
3 Medieval Britain
32(21)
3.1 Introduction
32(2)
3.2 Discernment Politeness and Politeness of Humility and Gentleness
34(4)
3.3 The French Court and the Concept of Curteisie
38(7)
3.4 The Discourse of Politeness
45(6)
3.5 Conclusion
51(2)
4 Terms of Address in Middle English
53(25)
4.1 Introduction
53(1)
4.2 Pronominal Terms of Address
54(6)
4.3 Ye and Thou in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
60(9)
4.4 Nominal Terms of Address
69(3)
4.5 Terms of Address in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
72(5)
4.6 Conclusion
77(1)
5 Renaissance and Early Modern England
78(22)
5.1 Introduction
78(1)
5.2 The Art of Sprezzatura
79(4)
5.3 Positive and Negative Politeness in Early Modern English
83(5)
5.4 Ben Jonson's Volpone, or The Fox
88(6)
5.5 Ben Jonson's Bartholomew Fair
94(4)
5.6 Conclusion
98(2)
6 Terms of Address in Early Modern English
100(17)
6.1 Introduction
100(1)
6.2 Pronominal Terms of Address
101(2)
6.3 Nominal Terms of Address and Vocatives
103(5)
6.4 Co-occurrence of Nominal and Pronominal Terms of Address
108(1)
6.5 William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
109(6)
6.6 Conclusion
115(2)
7 The Eighteenth Century: The Age of Politeness
117(18)
7.1 Introduction
117(1)
7.2 Politeness as an Ideology
118(3)
7.3 Polite Speech Acts
121(1)
7.4 Compliments
122(5)
7.5 Thanks
127(7)
7.6 Conclusion
134(1)
8 The Eighteenth Century: Educational Literature
135(25)
8.1 Introduction
135(1)
8.2 Terms of Politeness: A Large-Scale Perspective
136(4)
8.3 A More Focused Perspective: Epistolary Novels
140(11)
8.4 A Discursive Perspective: Educational Theatre
151(7)
8.5 Conclusion
158(2)
9 The Rise (and Fall) of Non-imposition Politeness
160(24)
9.1 Introduction
160(2)
9.2 The Diachrony of Non-imposition Politeness: Previous Research
162(6)
9.3 Data and Method
168(2)
9.4 Non-imposition Politeness in 200 Years of American English
170(9)
9.5 Discussion
179(4)
9.6 Conclusion
183(1)
10 Conclusion: Politeness, Manners and Dissimulation
184(10)
10.1 Introduction
184(1)
10.2 Discernment, Courtesy and Civility
185(3)
10.3 Politeness and Manners
188(1)
10.4 Politeness, Dissimulation and Sincerity
189(2)
10.5 Conclusion
191(1)
References
192(1)
Data Sources and Corpora
192(2)
Primary Texts and Translations
192(1)
Dictionaries
193(1)
Corpora
193(1)
References 194(14)
Index 208
Andreas H. Jucker is Professor of English Linguistics, University of Zurich.