Speech ACT Theory and Shakespeare: Scenes of Thanking in Shakespeare’s Plays

Speech Act Theory and Shakespeare delves deeper than linguistic ornamentation to illuminate the complex dynamics of thanking as a significant speech act in Shakespearean plays.

Chahra Beloufa is Assistant Professor of English language and literature at the Arab Open University, Saudi Arabia. She has a PhD from the University of Paul Valery. She was a researcher at The Institute of Research on the Renaissance, the Classical Age, and the Enlightenment (IRCL) working under the supervision of Prof Nathalie Vienne Guerrin.