Cross-cultural variation in the perception of impoliteness: A study of impoliteness events reported by students in England, China, Finland, Germany and Turkey

Intercultural Pragmatics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 597-624

  Culpeper, Jonathan ^a   Marti, Leyla ^b   Mei, Meilian ^c   Nevala, Minna ^d   Schauer, Gila ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 78149472988     PISSN: 1612295X     EISSN: 1613365X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IPRG.2010.027     Document Type: Review

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