Politeness and the semantics of modalised directives in English

Butler, Christopher S.

doi:10.1075/cilt.39.07but

In:Linguistics in a Systemic Perspective
Edited by James D. Benson, Michael J. Cummings and William S. Greaves
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 39] 1988
► pp. 119–154

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Politeness and the semantics of modalised directives in English

Christopher S. Butler

Published online: 1 January 1988

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.39.07but

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