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Vol. 10:4 (2019) ► pp.639–647

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Ritual frame and ‘politeness markers’

 | Dalian University of Foreign Languages | Hungarian Academy of Sciences
 | University of Hamburg | Hellenic American University
Published online: 14 January 2020
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  • 1.Introduction: Our hypothesis
  • 2.A case study
  • 3.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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