Politeness in Intercultural Discourse and Communication

The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 205-228

  Holmes, Janet ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brown, Levinson's linguistic politeness, over people's "face"; Cross cultural differences, norms of polite interaction; Culturally appropriate norms; Intercultural interaction, issues of impoliteness; Intercultural interactions, clashes of politeness norms; Leech's PP, and Tact Maxim; Linguistic politeness, strategic interaction; Politeness in intercultural discourse, communication; Politeness, affective aspects of interaction; Positive politeness, integral to harmonious relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886221999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118247273.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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