In:Politeness in Mexico and the United States: A contrastive study of the realization and perception of refusals
J. César Félix-Brasdefer
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 171] 2008
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Table of contents
List of Figures and Tables
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. The scope of politeness
Chapter 2. Speech acts in context: Refusals
Chapter 3. Methodology and organization of the study
Chapter 4. Results: Relational work and linguistic politeness: The negotiation of refusals by Mexicans and Americans
Chapter 5. Results: Perceptions of politeness: Cultural values of refusals among Mexicans and Americans
Chapter 6. Conclusions and discussion
References
Appendix
Author index
Subject index
