Sorry about that
Subtitle: the language of public apology
By: Edwin L. Battistella
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780199300914
Subjects: Apologizing; Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and index.
Table of contents: title: The scope of apologies; title: How apologies succeed and fail; title: How we literally apologize; title: Sorry, regrets, and more; title: True confessions; title: Verbal self-defense; title: National apologies; title: International apologies; title: Why we apologize, or don't; title: Apology in American culture. A reader's guide to analyzing apologies.