Disentangling politeness theory and the strategic speaker approach: Theoretical considerations and empirical predictions

Intercultural Pragmatics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-56

  Soltys, Jessica ^a   Terkourafi, Marina ^b   Katsos, Napoleon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

indirectness; politeness; pragmatics; strategic communication; strategic speaker

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897745389     PISSN: 1612295X     EISSN: 1613365X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ip-2014-0002     Document Type: Article

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