Reexamining the notion of negative face in the Japanese Socio linguistic politeness of request

Language and Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-138

  Gagné, Nana Okura ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Japanese; Linguistic politeness; Negative face; Pragmatics; Request

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849100505     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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