Questions and Politeness

List of contents

Lists of figures and tables; Preface; Symbols and abbreviations; 1. Introduction Esther N. Goody; 2. Towards a theory of questions Esther N. Goody; 3. Questions of immediate concern Elinor Ochs Keenan, Bambi B. Schieffelin and Martha Platt; 4. Universals in language usage: politeness phenomena; Notes; References.

Product details

• Authors: Goody, Esther N. Goody
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2011
• EAN: 9780521292504
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29250-4
• No. of pages: 334
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 472 g
• Series: Cambridge Papers in Social Ant
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories