Linguistic politeness in Britain and Uruguay
Subtitle: a contrastive study of requests and apologies
By: Rosina Márquez-Reiter.
Series: Pragmatics & beyond ;; new ser. 83
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: English language -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.; English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Spanish.; Spanish language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English.; Spanish language -- Social aspects -- Uruguay.; Language and culture -- Great Britain.; Social interaction -- Great Britain.; Language and culture -- Uruguay.; Social interaction -- Uruguay.; Speech acts (Linguistics); Apologizing.; Courtesy.; Great Britain -- Social life and customs.; Uruguay -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-222) and index.