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

Kohnen, Thomas

doi:10.1075/bct.41.10koh

In:Understanding Historical (Im)Politeness: Relational linguistic practice over time and across cultures
Edited by Marcel Bax and Dániel Z. Kádár
[Benjamins Current Topics 41] 2012
► pp. 227–250

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Understanding Anglo-Saxon “politeness”

Directive constructions with ic wille / ic wolde

Thomas Kohnen

Published online: 7 November 2012

https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.41.10koh

ic wille ic wolde ic wolde þæt þu me sædest ic wille ic wolde Dictionary of Old English Corpus humilitas

Thus, this paper, on the one hand, confirms the picture of Anglo-Saxon England as a world “beyond politeness” (Kohnen 2008a); on the other hand, it also adds important aspects that may improve our perception of the complexities of Anglo-Saxon social interaction.

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