"Direct" and "indirect" communicative acts in semiotic perspective

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 337-353

  Silverstein, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance registers; Indirect speech; Language ideology; Politeness; Worora (Northern Kimberley, Australia)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450242862     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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