Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage

(Book #4 in the Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics Series)

by Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson

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This study is about the principles for constructing polite speeches. The core of it first appeared in Questions and Politeness, edited by Esther N. Goody (now out of print). It is here reissued with a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521313554

ISBN13:9780521313551

Release Date:February 1987

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:358 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

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Conversation Etiquette Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Politics & Social Sciences Words, Language & Grammar

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Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage

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