Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage

by Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson

Book Overview

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 remarkable...

• 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"