Linguistic politeness in Mexico: Refusal strategies among male speakers of Mexican Spanish

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2158-2187

  Félix Brasdefer, J César ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(In)directness; Deference; Face; Politeness in Mexico; Refusals; Speech acts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750688500     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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