Politeness: Myth and truth

Studies in Language

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 431-461

  Xie, Chaoqun ^a   He, Ziran ^a,b   Lin, Dajin ^a  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (China)

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EID: 34248691231     PISSN: 03784177     EISSN: 15699978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sl.29.2.07xie     Document Type: Review

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