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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 The Second Person Pronoun(s) - Definition and History
2.1 What is a pronoun? - Personal pronoun
2.2 Old English Period - 450- 1150
2.3 Middle English - 1150- 1500
2.4 Early Modern English - c. 1450- 1700
2.5 Modern English - c. 1700- present day
3 Two theories about the usage of thou and you
3.1 Power and Solidarity by Brown and Gilman (1960)
3.2 Politeness theory by Brown and Levinson (1978)
4 Text Analysis: Hamlet by William Shakespeare, 1601
4.1 The Sentinels: Francisco, Bernardo and Marcellus
4.2 The King, the Queen and the Gentlemen
4.3 Hamlet
4.3.1 Hamlet and the Ghost of his Father
4.3.2 Hamlet and his Mother
4.3.3 Hamlet and Ophelia
5 Conclusion
6 Works Cited
7 Statutory Declaration and Study Skills
- Quote paper
- Jana Karoff (Author), 2014, "Thou" and "You". The Pronouns of Address, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/310870
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