'Early interactions' in Australian English, American English, and English English: Cultural differences and cultural scripts

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1038-1050

  Goddard, Cliff ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communicative style; Cultural scripts; Impoliteness; Variational pragmatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864078134     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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