Book reviews
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Usami, Mayumi (2002). Discourse Politeness in Japanese Conversation. Some Implications for a Universal Theory of Politeness. Tokyo: Hituzi Syobo. Paperback ISBN 4-89476-143-8; 343 pp. Price: £ 35.00 / Japanese Yen ¥ 6560. (Michael Haugh)
Coupland, Justine (ed.) (2000). Small Talk, Harlow: Pearson. ISBN 0-582-41426-1; 336 pp. Price: Pb: £ 22.99 / Euro 61.00. (Sara Mills)
Hickey, Leo and Miranda Stewart (eds.), (2005). Politeness in Europe. Clevedon, Avon: Multilingual Matters. Hardback ISBN 1-85359-738-4; Paperback ISBN 1-85359-737-6; 334 pp. Price: Hb: £ 59.95 / USD $ 89.95. Pb: £ 24.95 / USD $ 44.95. (Helen Woodfield)
Bravo, Diana and Antonio Briz (2004). Pragmática Sociocultural: Estudios sobre la Cortesía en Español. Barcelona: Ariel. Paperback: ISBN 84-344-8258-4; 397 pp. Price: Pb: £ 30. (Ariel Cordisco)
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- The role of linguistic indirectness and honorifics in achieving linguistic politeness in Korean requests
- Strategies of apologizing in Lombok Indonesia
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Articles in the same Issue
- Face as relational and interactional: A communication framework for research on face, facework, and politeness
- Impoliteness in children's interactions in a Spanish/English bilingual community of practice
- The role of linguistic indirectness and honorifics in achieving linguistic politeness in Korean requests
- Strategies of apologizing in Lombok Indonesia
- Book reviews
