Brown and Levinson's politeness framework and studies on politeness in the 1990s

This paper discusses the theoretical framework of Brown and Levinson (1987) focusing on the dissenting opinions in recent literature on politeness. It focuses on some of the major works in the last decade that have debated the practicality of operationalizing Brown and Levinson's framework eit...

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Main Author: Beng Soon Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Modern Languages
Online Access:http://borneojournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3389
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