Invitations and politeness in Greek: The age variable

Journal of Politeness Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-271

  Bella, Spyridoula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age; Greek; Invitations; Politeness; Solidarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950250952     PISSN: 16125681     EISSN: 16134877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPLR.2009.013     Document Type: Article

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