Understanding Anglo-Saxon "politeness" : Directive constructions with ic wille / ic wolde

Journal of Historical Pragmatics

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 230-254

  Kohnen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anglo Saxon England; Directives; Latin; Old English; Politeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958695979     PISSN: 15665852     EISSN: 15699854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jhp.12.1-2.10koh     Document Type: Article

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