| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and index. |
| Contents |
The scope of apologies -- How apologies succeed and fail -- How we literally apologize -- Sorry, regrets, and more -- True confessions -- Verbal self-defense -- National apologies -- International apologies -- Why we apologize, or don't -- Apology in American culture. A reader's guide to analyzing apologies. |
| Summary |
In Sorry About That, Edwin Battistella analyzes the public apologies of presidents, politicians, entertainers, and businessmen, situating the apology within American popular culture. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
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Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) |
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Apologizing.
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Apologizing. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Battistella, Edwin L. Sorry about that 9780199300914 (DLC) 2013033233 (OCoLC)861541287 |
| ISBN |
9780199300921 (electronic book) |
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0199300925 (electronic book) |
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1306562082 (e-book) |
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9781306562089 (e-book) |
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9780199300914 |
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0199300917 |
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