Politeness and the particularities of requests

International Journal of the Sociology of Language

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 181-198

  Kakavá, Christina ^a  

^a Mary Washington College   (United States)

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EID: 84937263318     PISSN: 01652516     EISSN: 16133668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.1997.126.181     Document Type: Article

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