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On Apologising in Negative and Positive Politeness Cultures
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On Apologising in Negative and Positive Politeness CulturesOn Apologising in Negative and Positive Politeness Cultures

This book investigates how speakers of English, Polish and Russian deal with offensive situations. It reveals culture-specific perceptions of what counts as an apology and what constitutes politeness. It offers a critical discussion of Brown and Levinson's theory and provides counterevidence to the correlation between indirectness and politeness underlying their theory. Their theory is applied to two languages that rely less heavily on indirectness in conveying politeness than does English, and to a speech act that does not become more polite through indirectness.

 
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