Marquez-Reiter, Rosina.

Linguistic politeness in Britain and Uruguay a contrastive study of requests and apologies / [electronic resource] : Rosina Márquez-Reiter. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2000. - xvii, 225 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 83 . - Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 83. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-222) and index.


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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.


Electronic books.

PE1074.75 / .M37 2000eb

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