Tough talk: Indirectness and gender in requests for information

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 293-316

  Macaulay, Marcia ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

A ,B , etc. events; Indirectness; Interieurs; Male female language; Politeness; Questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035255937     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(99)00129-0     Document Type: Article

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