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Politeness

- Some Universals in Language Usage

By Penelope (Max-Planck-Institut fur Psycholinguistik Brown

part of the Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics series

Politeness by Penelope (Max-Planck-Institut fur Psycholinguistik Brown
About Politeness

This book studies the principles for constructing polite speeches, based on the detailed study of three unrelated languages and cultures. The authors describe and account for some remarkable parallelisms in the linguistic construction of utterances with which people express themselves in different languages and cultures.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521313551
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 358
  • Published:
  • February 26, 1987
  • Dimensions:
  • 140x215x17 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 474 g.
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Description of Politeness

This book studies the principles for constructing polite speeches, based on the detailed study of three unrelated languages and cultures. The authors describe and account for some remarkable parallelisms in the linguistic construction of utterances with which people express themselves in different languages and cultures.

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