Politeness: some universals in language usage
Auteur :
Brown, Penelope / Levinson, Stephen C.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521313551
Date de publication :
27 févr. 1987
Dimensions :
21,3 x 13,7 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
426 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book studies the principles for constructing polite speeches, based on the detailed study of three unrelated languages and cultures. The authors describe and account for some remarkable parallelisms in the linguistic construction of utterances with which people express themselves in different languages and cultures.