On historical Chinese apology and its strategic application

Journal of Politeness Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-150

  Kádár, Dániel Z ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Discernment; Elevating denigrating vocatives; Historical pragmatics; Ritualised formulae; Traditional chinese apology

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249147192     PISSN: 16125681     EISSN: 16134877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/PR.2007.006     Document Type: Article

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