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...
| Основен автор: | Felix-Brasdefer, J. Cesar. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
℗♭2008.
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| Серия: |
Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser., 171. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=229882 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Politeness in Mexico and the United States. |
| Резюме: |
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 languages, the book provides a rigorous analysis of data collection methods utilized to examine speech act behavior at the production and perception levels. Many examples of native speaker interactions illustrate the similarities and differences observed in the realization patterns and the perception of. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 195 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789027291448 9027291446 |
| ISSN: |
0922-842X ; |