The Pragmatics of Naming in Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa

Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa thematizes the name and the associated naming process. Destined to change her name by marrying Solmes, the eponymous heroine uses several borrowed names in her flight. The policies of imposing a name that underlie on the one hand Clarissa’s parents’ endeavors to control...

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Main Author: Christophe LESUEUR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2013-06-01
Series:E-REA
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/erea/2969