Politeness in Shakespeare: Applying Brown and Levinson´s politeness theory to Shakespeare's comedies ILO Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

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Politeness in Shakespeare: Applying Brown and Levinson´s politeness theory to Shakespeare's comedies ILO Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson have proposed that power (P), distance (D), and the ranked extremity (R) of a face threatening act are the universal determinants of politeness levels in dyadic discourse. This claim is tested here for Shakespeare's use of Early Modern English in Much Ado about Nothing, Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew, and Twelfth Night. The comedies are used because: (1) dramatic texts provide the best information on