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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• 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"