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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"TERMS OF ADDRESS"”.
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Cross-cultural pragmatics: Politeness for the customer in spoken aspects of service in the restaurant in Australian English and Japanese
In listening to members of different cultures, it is possible to feel bad, even while recognising that the speaker is trying to speak politely. Sometimes we do not feel very comfortable with someone else’s speech, even though their expressions might be very polite with the choice of specific …
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Cambodia 1991-94: hierarchy, neutrality and etiquettes of discourse
… is concerned with how the negotiation of conventions of public discourse correlates to changing political economy. It focuses on Cambodia during the period immediately before and after the 1993 U.N.-sponsored elections. The dissertation develops the idea of "discursive etiquette" as a …
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Gender, Family, and New Styles of Fatherhood: Modernization and Globalization in Japan
… contemporary Japan, despite the prevalent images of patriarchic and absent fatherhood. But why and how did yesterday's notorious company soldiers turn into today's ikumen? This dissertation interrogates this supposedly drastic shift in the view and the conduct of fatherhood as a cultural practice …
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Η ΕΚΦΡΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΓΕΝΕΙΑΣ ΣΤΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ
… THESIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO INVESTIGATE THE STATUS OF POLITENESS WITHIN GREEK CULTURE AND COMPARE IT TO THAT OF ENGLISH . AMONG THE BASIC AIMS OF THIS UNDERTAKING IS TO ESTABLISH THE REASONS WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A WIDESPREAD IMPRESSION THAT THE GREEKS ARE IMPOLITE OR AT LEAST LESS POLITE THAN …