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Language and social relationship in Brazilian Portuguese : the pragmatics of politeness /

"Give me the salt" and "Please pass the salt" make the same request, but in a polite situation the first utterance may give offense, while the second may not. How and why such differences in wording and intonation, in a particular context, produce different effects is the concern...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Koike, Dale April (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1992.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Pragmatics and Speech Acts: An Overview
  • 2. Politeness as a Social Phenomenon
  • 3. A Pragmatic Hierarchy of Politeness in Directives
  • 4. Deixis and the Pragmatic Hierarchy of Politeness
  • 5. The Acquisition of Strategies for Politeness
  • 6. Further Explorations in the Study of Directive Speech Acts
  • Appendix: Test for Speech Act Comprehension.