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Author Márquez-Reiter, Rosina.

Title Linguistic politeness in Britain and Uruguay : a contrastive study of requests and apologies / Rosina Márquez-Reiter.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2000.
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 225 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 83
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 83.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index.
Contents LINGUISTIC POLITENESS IN BRITAIN AND URUGUAY; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. Politeness theory; Chapter 2. Speech act theory and politeness: Requests and apologies; Chapter 3. Structure of the study and methodology; Chapter 4. The findings: Requests; Chapter 5. The findings: Apologies; Chapter 6. Conclusion; Appendix; References; Subject index; PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.
Summary The first well-researched contrastive pragmatic analysis of requests and apologies in British English and Uruguayan Spanish. It takes the form of a cross-cultural corpus-based analysis using male and female native speakers of each language and systematically alternating the same social variables in both cultures. The data are elicited from a non-prescriptive open role-play yielding requests and apologies. The analysis of the speech acts is based on an adaptation of the categorical scheme developed by Blum-Kulka et al. (1989). The results show that speakers of English and Spanish differ in their.
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Subject English language -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
English language -- Social aspects.
Great Britain.
English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Spanish.
English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Spanish.
Spanish language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English.
Spanish language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English.
Spanish language -- Social aspects -- Uruguay.
Spanish language -- Social aspects.
Uruguay.
Spanish language.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Language and culture -- Great Britain.
Language and culture.
Social interaction -- Great Britain.
Social interaction.
Uruguay -- Social life and customs.
Language and culture -- Uruguay.
Social interaction -- Uruguay.
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Apologizing.
Apologizing.
Courtesy.
Courtesy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Márquez-Reiter, Rosina. Linguistic politeness in Britain and Uruguay. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2000 158811015X 9027251029 (DLC) 00046780 (OCoLC)45066219
ISBN 0585462542 (electronic book)
9780585462547 (electronic book)
9781588110152 (US ; alkaline paper)
158811015X (US ; alkaline paper)
9789027251022 (Eur. ; alkaline paper)
9027251029 (Eur. ; alkaline paper)
9789027298935
9027298939
1282254723
9781282254725

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