Politeness and impoliteness in ethnic varieties of New Zealand English

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1063-1076

  Holmes, Janet ^a   Marra, Meredith ^a   Vine, Bernadette ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Egalitarianism; Im politeness; Informality; New Zealand English

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864109794     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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