The Pragmatics of Politeness by Leech
This readable book presents a new general theoretical understanding of politeness. It offers an account of a wide range of politeness phenomena in English, illustrated by hundreds of examples of actual language use taken largely from authentic British and American sources.
Leechs scholarly contribution is a rich addition to existing literature on the subjectThe book is notable for the comprehensiveness with which the author conducts his exploration of the area and for providing guidance and pointers for further explorations. * Saw-Choo Teo (University of Sydney),Australian Review of Applied Linguistics *
Geoffrey Leech's Pragmatics of Politeness (2014) manages to successfully evaluate the explanatory power of the theory of politeness and provide a robust framework that generates a better understanding of it. * Dr habil. Silvia Florea, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu *
Geoffrey Leech's Pragmatics of Politeness (2014) manages to successfully evaluate the explanatory power of the theory of politeness and provide a robust framework that generates a better understanding of it. * Dr habil. Silvia Florea, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu *
Geoffrey Leech is Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics at Lancaster University, where he has been a faculty member for over 40 years. He has published many books and articles in the fields of English grammar, stylistics, pragmatics, semantics, and corpus linguistics. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1987.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195341355 |
| ISBN 10 | 019534135X |
| Title | The Pragmatics of Politeness |
| Author | Leech |
| Series | Oxford Studies In Sociolinguistics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2014-08-07 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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