The Language of Wealhtheow’s Speech
The two speeches of Wealhtheow in Beowulf (ll. ll. 1169–87, 1216–31) contain various features that differentiate the speech of the queen from the speech of other characters in the poem. She is the only character in the poem who uses thirteen imperatives in thirty-five lines, who uses the word hyse (...
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Archīum Ateneo
2023
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| Online Access: | https://archium.ateneo.edu/english-faculty-pubs/198 https://doi.org/10.1080/00393274.2023.2251539 |
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