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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"THE CONCEPT OF POLITENESS"”.
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Η ΕΚΦΡΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΓΕΝΕΙΑΣ ΣΤΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ
THIS 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 …
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Japanese-English Bilinguals’ Competence Of Speech Acts In Politeness
The perceptions and norms of speech acts vary depending on the actor’s culture and language (Blum-Kulka, House, & Kasper, 1989; Rinnert & Kobayashi, 1999). Politeness also has diverse benchmarks depending on culture and language, as noted by Ide et al. (1992) who argue that the concept of …