Nominal Forms of Address in Shakespeare's 'Othello': Analysing Selected Titles in Terms of Elizabethan Politeness Conventions

by Nadine Stuke

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of M nster (Englisches Seminar), language: English, abstract: Today, the concept of politeness is not associated with class consciousness or social discrimination anymore, but in the sixteenth century this term was commonly linked to deference and showing respect (Watts 34). Thus appropriate language behaviour was of utmost...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 365626502X
• ISBN13: 9783656265023
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"