Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Preface xiii
4. List of tables xv
5. List of figures xvii
6. List of abbreviations xix
7. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
8. Chapter 2. Postcolonial pragmatics 29
9. Chapter 3. Offers, refusals and professional status 63
10. Chapter 4. Offers, refusals and age 137
11. Chapter 5. Offers, refusals and peer equality 195
12. Chapter 6. Postcolonial hybrid structures and social interaction 249
13. Chapter 7. Conclusion 275
14. References 285
15. Appendix 1. Discourse Completion Task Questionnaire 297
16. Appendix 2. Offer vertical structures in offer situation 1 299
17. Appendix 3. Offer vertical structures in offer situation 2 303
18. Appendix 4. Offer vertical structure in offer situation 3 307
19. Appendix 5. Positions of offer head acts in communicative acts 309
20. Name index 311
21. Subject index 313