"Reasonable Hostility": Situation-appropriate face-attack

Journal of Politeness Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-191

  Tracy, Karen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Democracy; Face attack; Grounded practical theory; Impoliteness; Reasonable hostility; School board meetings

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849087893     PISSN: 16125681     EISSN: 16134877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPLR.2008.009     Document Type: Article

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