Politeness in Mexico and the United States : a contrastive study of the realization and perception of refusals / J. César Félix-Brasdefer.

This book explores the issue of politeness phenomena and socially appropriate behavior in two societies, Mexico and the United States, in three different contexts: refusing invitations, requests, and suggestions. In addition to a state-of-the-art review of the speech act of refusals in numerous lang...

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Main Author: Félix-Brasdefer, J. César
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 171.
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