Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Politeness in nineteenth-century Europe, a research agenda 1
5. Part I. Politeness metadiscourse
6. Chapter 1. Address forms in grammars and textbooks of West and South Slavic languages in the eighteenth and nineteenth century 39
7. Chapter 2. The Nuovo Galateo (‘New Galateo’, 1802) by Melchiorre Gioja, politeness ( pulitezza ) and reason 75
8. Chapter 3. Politeness and evaluative adjectives in Italian turn-of-the-century etiquette books (1877–1914) 107
9. Part II. Politeness usage
10. Chapter 4. Commitment fulfillment and politeness 147
11. Chapter 5. Promoting negative politeness in nineteenth-century England 171
12. Chapter 6. “With kindest regards” 197
13. Index 219