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The Speech Act of Promising in Romantic Love
A Pragmatic Reading of Shakespearean Comedies
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Junwu Tian
Junwu Tian
Professor, Beihang University, China tjw1966@163.com
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Shuyue Liu
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Beihang University, China liushuyue@buaa.edu.cn
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Abstract
Full of men and women in love, Shakespeare's comedies have triggered abundant discussions of the dramatist's treatment of romantic relationships, which, however, nearly ignore the importance of language use. This pragmatic reading of Shakespearean comedies undertakes to explore the speech act of promising of characters in love. By incorporating quantitative data and qualitative insights, the research outlines the attributes and distribution of promising in four comedies, compares gender differences in the use of promising, and scrutinises the change of promising during the shift in love dynamics. In doing so, we anticipate providing a fresh interpretation of speech acts and Shakespeare's dramas.
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Junwu Tian is a Sino-US Fulbright Scholar and Professor at the School of Foreign Languages, Beihang University. His research focuses on American literature and comparative literature. His latest publications include ‘Criticism and Evaluation of Nie Zhenzhao's Studies of Ethical Literary Criticism’ in Style (2021), ‘“Failed Feminism”: Anne Tyler's Vinegar Girl in the Chinese Market’ in Critical Survey (2022),‘Genealogical Traces of the Misogynistic Murder Motif in Eugene O'Neill's Autobiographical Tragedies’ in Critical Survey (2022), and ‘A Multidimensional and Digital Humanistic Analysis of Style in Amy Tan's Novels’ in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities (2023). E-mail: tjw1966@163.com
Shuyue Liu Liu obtained her Master's degree from the School of Foreign Languages at Beihang University in 2024 and will begin her PhD research at the University of Nottingham this fall. Her research focuses on the interdisciplinary study of literature. Her latest publications include ‘New Progression in China's Narratology Studies: Extension of Western Framework and Construction of Chinese Schools’ in Critical Arts (2022), ‘A Multidimensional and Digital Humanistic Analysis of Style in Amy Tan's Novels’ in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities (2023), and ‘Amy Tan's Thing-Narrative in The Valley of Amazement’ in Critical Arts (2024). Email: liushuyue@buaa.edu.cn.