Conceptualising 'the relational' in pragmatics: Insights from metapragmatic emotion and (im)politeness comments

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3565-3578

  Spencer Oatey, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(Im)politeness; Emotions; Interpersonal relations; Project partnerships; Rapport management; Relational work

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054709017     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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