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Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage

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Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage

by Penelope Brown

About this title: 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 fresh introduction that surveys the considerable literature in linguistics, psychology and the social sciences that the original extended essay ... read more

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Politeness Some Universals in Language Usage (Studies in Interactional Linguistics 4)

by Brown, Penelope & Stephen C. Levinson

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Binding: Paperback Publisher: Cambridge University Press Date Published: 2-27-87 ISBN-13: 9780521313551 ISBN: 0521313554

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by Brown, Penelope And Stephen C. Levinson

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Cambridge Univ Press Date Published: 1990 ISBN-13: 9780521313551 ISBN: 0521313554

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Politeness, Some Universals in Language Usage

by Brown, Penelope Levinson, Stephen C. Foreword By Gumperz, John L.

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Binding: Paperback Publisher: Cambridge University Press Date Published: 1987 ISBN-13: 9780521313551 ISBN: 0521313554

Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 8.5 by.83 inches. (352 pages) 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 fresh introduction that surveys the considerable literature in linguistics, psychology and the social sciences that the original extended essay stimulated, and suggests distinct directions for research. the authors describe and account for some ... read more

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Binding: Paperback Publisher: Cambridge University Press Date Published: 1987-02-27 ISBN-13: 9780521313551 ISBN: 0521313554

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Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage

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Binding: orig. wrappers Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Date Published: 1987

Description: Minor rubbing. VG. 22x14cm, xiv, 345 pp. PAPERBACK. Series: Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, 4. Contents: Summarized argument; The argument: intuitive bases and derivative definitions; On the nature of the model; Realizations of politeness strategies in language; Derivative hypotheses; Sociological implications; Implications for language studies [" This study is about the principles for constructing polite speech. The core of it first appeared in Questions and Politeness, edited by ... read more

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Politeness

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