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Politeness in Mexico and the United States : a contrastive study of the realization and perception of refusals /

This book explores the issue of politeness phenomena and socially appropriate behavior in two societies, Mexico and the United States, in three different contexts: refusing invitations, requests, and suggestions. In addition to a state-of-the-art review of the speech act of refusals in numerous lang...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Félix-Brasdefer, J. César
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 171.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Politeness in Mexico and the United States; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Transcription conventions; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The scope of politeness; 2. Speech acts in context; 3. Methodology and organization of the study; 4. Results; 5. Results; 6. Conclusions and discussion; References; appendix; Author index; Subject index; The Pragmatics & Beyond New Series.