Modals, Speech Acts and (Im)Politeness: Interactions in Shakespeare’s Plays

This paper accounts for how modals are interrelated with speech acts and (im)politeness, to offer a new perspective to the interactions in Shakespeare’s plays.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nakayasu Minako
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2013-12-01
Series:Studia Anglica Posnaniensia
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2013-0012