Impoliteness in a cultural context

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1047-1060

  Mills, Sara ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civility; Culture; Impoliteness; Incivility; Individual; Politeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149123333     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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