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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.