Offers and expressions of thanks as face enhancing acts: Tæ'arof in Persian

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1733-1756

  Koutlaki, Sofia A ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face; Offering; Persian; Politeness; Refusal; Social norm; Thanking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036889171     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(01)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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