Are Americans insincere? Interactional style and politeness in everyday America

Journal of Politeness Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-238

  Pinto, Derrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

folk linguistics; politeness; pragmatics; service encounters; sincerity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959601255     PISSN: 16125681     EISSN: 16134877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPLR.2011.011     Document Type: Article

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