Politeness (Key Topics in Sociolinguistics)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780521790857
Subjects: Sociolinguistics; Sociology; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language Arts & Disciplines; Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; Etiquette; Forms of address
First sentence: Most of us are fairly sure we know what we mean when we describe someone's behaviour as 'polite'.