The pragmatics of political apologies

Discourse and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 715-737

  Harris, Sandra ^a   Grainger, Karen ^b   Mullany, Louise ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Face'; Apology; Politeness theory; Political discourse; Pragmatics; Public discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750263409     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926506068429     Document Type: Article

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