Institutional apologies in UK higher education: Getting back into the black before going into the red

Journal of Politeness Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-63

  Davies, Bethan L ^a   Merrison, Andrew John ^a   Goddard, Angela ^a  

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Author keywords

Apology; Computer mediated discourse; Equity; Face apology; Politeness; Sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249133521     PISSN: 16125681     EISSN: 16134877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/PR.2007.003     Document Type: Article

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