The Pragmatics of Politeness
(Part of the Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics Series)
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This readable book presents a new general theoretical understanding of politeness. It offers an account of a wide range of politeness phenomena in English, illustrated by hundreds of examples of actual language use taken largely from authentic British and American sources. Building on his earlier pioneering work on politeness, Geoffrey Leech takes a pragmatic approach that is based on the controversial notion that politeness is communicative altruism...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:019534135X
ISBN13:9780195341355
Release Date:July 2014
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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