The courtesy markers "Pray" and "Please" in the late eighteenth centuryevidence from the "Corpus of Late Eighteenth-century Prose"

  1. Faya Cerqueiro, Fátima
Libro:
Proceedings of the 30th International AEDEAN Conference: [electronic resource]
  1. Losada Friend, María (ed. lit.)
  2. Ron Vaz, Pilar (ed. lit.)
  3. Hernández Santano, Sonia (ed. lit.)
  4. Casanova García, Jorge (ed. lit.)

Editorial: Universidad de Huelva

ISBN: 978-84-96826-31-1

Ano de publicación: 2007

Congreso: Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos. Congreso (30. 2006. Huelva)

Tipo: Achega congreso

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Resumo

This paper depicts the competition of the courtesy markers pray and please in the late eighteenth century, paying special attention to the origin of the courtesy marker please and to the changes taking place in the preference of the courtesy marker used in requests. I have used an epistolary collection, the "Corpus of late Eighteenth-century Prose", which compiles private letters from 1761-1790.

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