Historical Chinese politeness and rhetoric. A case study of epistolary refusals

Journal of Politeness Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-110

  Kádár, Dániel Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Chinese; politeness; refusals; rhetorical patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860713477     PISSN: 16125681     EISSN: 16134877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/pr-2012-0006     Document Type: Article

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