Requestive hints in Japanese and English

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1173-1201

  Rinnert, Carol ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroe ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

English; Hints; Indirectness; Japanese; Politeness; Requests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033196321     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(99)00027-2     Document Type: Article

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