"Methinks you seem more beautiful than ever": Compliments and gender in the history of English

Taavitsainen, Irma; Jucker, Andreas H.

doi:10.1075/pbns.176.11taa

In:Speech Acts in the History of English
Edited by Andreas H. Jucker and Irma Taavitsainen
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 176] 2008
► pp. 195–228

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"Methinks you seem more beautiful than ever": Compliments and gender in the history of English

Irma Taavitsainen

Andreas H. Jucker

Published online: 10 April 2008

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.176.11taa

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