The pragmatics of politeness /

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 pi...

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Main Author:	Leech, Geoffrey N.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Series:	Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
Subjects:	Politeness (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general > Honorific. Pragmatics. Formules de politesse. Pragmatique. pragmatics. Grammar, Comparative and general > Honorific Pragmatics Artighetsuttryck. Språkpragmatik. Electronic books.
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