Accessing politeness axes: Forms of address and terms of reference in early English correspondence

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2125-2160

  Nevala, Minna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

English; Politeness; Socio pragmatic aspect

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444307871     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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