TY  - BOOK
AU  - F�elix-Brasdefer,J.C�esar
TI  - Politeness in Mexico and the United States: a contrastive study of the realization and perception of refusals 
T2  - Pragmatics & beyond,
SN  - 9789027291448 (electronic bk.)
AV  - P299.H66 F45 2008eb
U1  - 306.44 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - J. Benjamins Pub. Co.
KW  - Politeness (Linguistics)
KW  - Mexico
KW  - United States
KW  - Speech acts (Linguistics)
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - Formules de politesse
KW  - Actes de parole
KW  - Relations humaines
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Beleefdheidsvorm
KW  - gtt
KW  - Etiquette
KW  - Engels
KW  - Spaans
KW  - Taalkunde
KW  - Verenigde Staten
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Politeness in Mexico and the United States; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Transcription conventions; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The scope of politeness; 2. Speech acts in context; 3. Methodology and organization of the study; 4. Results; 5. Results; 6. Conclusions and discussion; References; appendix; Author index; Subject index; The Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
N2  - This book explores the issue of politeness phenomena and socially appropriate behavior in two societies, Mexico and the United States, in three different contexts: refusing invitations, requests, and suggestions. In addition to a state-of-the-art review of the speech act of refusals in numerous languages, the book provides a rigorous analysis of data collection methods utilized to examine speech act behavior at the production and perception levels. Many examples of native speaker interactions illustrate the similarities and differences observed in the realization patterns and the perception of
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