The Commissives in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and "Emma"

by Shaimaa Radhi

Master's Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, Thi-Qar University, language: English, abstract: This thesis is an attempt to study three commissive speech acts, namely offer, promise, and refusal in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and "Emma". The study treats the problem whether the mentioned speech acts are employed directly or indirectly, which politeness strategy is mostly used to perform...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3668577897
• ISBN13: 9783668577893
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"