Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Chapter 1 Pragmatics and Speech Acts: An Overview 1
5. Chapter 2 Politeness as a Social Phenomenon 20
6. Chapter 3 A Pragmatic Hierarchy of Politeness in Directives 36
7. Chapter 4 Deixis and the Pragmatic Hierarchy of Politeness 66
8. Chapter 5 The Acquisition of Strategies for Politeness 87
9. Chapter 6 Further Explorations in the Study of Directive Speech Acts 113
10. Appendix Test for Speech Act Comprehension 143
11. Notes 145
12. References 155
13. Author Index 167
14. Subject Index 171