Linguistic politeness in Anglo-Saxon England? A study of Old English address terms

Journal of Historical Pragmatics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-158

  Kohnen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Address terms; Anglo Saxon England; Face work; Old English; Politeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449091555     PISSN: 15665852     EISSN: 15699854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jhp.9.1.11koh     Document Type: Article

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