In:Pragmatics and Literature
Edited by Siobhan Chapman and Billy Clark
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature 35] 2019
► pp. 191–213
Chapter 9James Hogg’s and Walter Scott’s Scottishness
Varying perceptions of (im)politeness in negotiating Englishness
Published online: 5 December 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/lal.35.09leo
https://doi.org/10.1075/lal.35.09leo
Article outline
- 9.1Introduction: The politics of Englishness in early nineteenth-century Scotland
- 9.2The ideology of Scotticisms
- 9.3Discursive (im)politeness theory for literary analysis
- 9.4The Ettrick Shepherd: A bull in a china shop
- 9.5Walter Scott’s literary compromise and communicational co-adaptation
- 9.6Summary
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