Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Karen Grainger, Sara Mills.
• Authors: Grainger, Karen; Mills, Sara
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: Language, Culture, (Im)politeness and (In)directness2. Theoretical Perspectives on Indirectness3. Theoretical Perspectives on Directness 4. Zimbabwean and British English: A Case Study of Directness and Indirectness across Cultures5. Situated Directness and Indirectness: Monolingual English Speakers6. Linguistic Ideologies: Bilingual Speakers' Evaluations of Indirectness and Directness 7. Conclusions.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (192 pages)
• Subjects: 401/.45; English language -- Usage; Linguistics/Pragmatics; Linguistics/Sociolinguistics; Sociolinguistics; English language -- Usage; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137340405; 1137340401
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