Power, severity, and context in disagreement

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1087-1111

  Rees Miller, Janie ^a  

^a MARIETTA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic discourse; Disagreement; English; Face threat; Politeness; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034216315     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(99)00088-0     Document Type: Article

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