Towards a cognitive approach to politeness

Language Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 629-650

  Escandell Vidal, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive pragmatics; Culture specificity; Frames; Intercultural (mis)communication; Mental models; Politeness; Relevance theory; Specific knowledge; Universality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347937476     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0388-0001(96)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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