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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: SifianouPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Clarendon Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.367kg ISBN: 9780198241324ISBN 10: 0198241321 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 02 December 1999 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Politeness: Setting the scene 2: Politeness: Cross-cultural perspectives 3: Perceptions of politeness 4: Speech act theory and politeness: Requests 5: Requests: Form and function 6: Requests: Modification 7: Conclusions Appendices References IndexReviewsWith acuity and verve, [Sifianou] adds an important new chapter to the already substantial linguistic literature on Modern Greece....Offers real insight into the relationship between social values and linguistic practice....Sifianou's interpretations are persuasive and consistent.....All social anthropologists planning field research in Greece should read and assimilate this book....[A] fine-grained, confident analysis... --Anthropological Linguistics As a whole, this work should be considered an interesting contribution to politeness theory and its applications to specific languages. --Language in Society With acuity and verve, [Sifianou] adds an important new chapter to the already substantial linguistic literature on Modern Greece....Offers real insight into the relationship between social values and linguistic practice....Sifianou's interpretations are persuasive and consistent.....All socialanthropologists planning field research in Greece should read and assimilate this book....[A] fine-grained, confident analysis... --Anthropological Linguistics As a whole, this work should be considered an interesting contribution to politeness theory and its applications to specific languages. --Language in Society With acuity and verve, [Sifianou] adds an important new chapter to the already substantial linguistic literature on Modern Greece....Offers real insight into the relationship between social values and linguistic practice....Sifianou's interpretations are persuasive and consistent.....All social anthropologists planning field research in Greece should read and assimilate this book....[A] fine-grained, confident analysis... --Anthropological Linguistics As a whole, this work should be considered an interesting contribution to politeness theory and its applications to specific languages. --Language in Society With acuity and verve, [Sifianou] adds an important new chapter to the already substantial linguistic literature on Modern Greece....Offers real insight into the relationship between social values and linguistic practice....Sifianou's interpretations are persuasive and consistent.....All socialanthropologists planning field research in Greece should read and assimilate this book....[A] fine-grained, confident analysis... --Anthropological Linguistics As a whole, this work should be considered an interesting contribution to politeness theory and its applications to specific languages. --Language in Society With acuity and verve, Sifianou adds an important new chapter to the already substantial linguistic literature on Modern Greece....Offers real insight into the relationship between social values and linguistic practice....Sifianou's interpretations are persuasive and consistent.....All socialanthropologists planning field research in Greece should read and assimilate this book.... A fine-grained, confident analysis... --Anthropological Linguistics As a whole, this work should be considered an interesting contribution to politeness theory and its applications to specific languages. --Language in Society With acuity and verve, [Sifianou] adds an important new chapter to the already substantial linguistic literature on Modern Greece....Offers real insight into the relationship between social values and linguistic practice....Sifianou's interpretations are persuasive and consistent.....All social anthropologists planning field research in Greece should read and assimilate this book....[A] fine-grained, confident analysis... --Anthropological Linguistics As a whole, this work should be considered an interesting contribution to politeness theory and its applications to specific languages. --Language in Society With acuity and verve, [Sifianou] adds an important new chapter to the already substantial linguistic literature on Modern Greece....Offers real insight into the relationship between social values and linguistic practice....Sifianou's interpretations are persuasive and consistent.....All social anthropologists planning field research in Greece should read and assimilate this book....[A] fine-grained, confident analysis... --Anthropological Linguistics As a whole, this work should be considered an interesting contribution to politeness theory and its applications to specific languages. --Language in Society With acuity and verve, [Sifianou] adds an important new chapter to the already substantial linguistic literature on Modern Greece....Offers real insight into the relationship between social values and linguistic practice....Sifianou's interpretations are persuasive and consistent.....All social anthropologists planning field research in Greece should read and assimilate this book....[A] fine-grained, confident analysis... --Anthropological Linguistics As a whole, this work should be considered an interesting contribution to politeness theory and its applications to specific languages. --Language in Society With acuity and verve, [Sifianou] adds an important new chapter to the already substantial linguistic literature on Modern Greece....Offers real insight into the relationship between social values and linguistic practice....Sifianou's interpretations are persuasive and consistent.....All social anthropologists planning field research in Greece should read and assimilate this book....[A] fine-grained, confident analysis... --Anthropological Linguistics As a whole, this work should be considered an interesting contribution to politeness theory and its applications to specific languages. --Language in Society With acuity and verve, [Sifianou] adds an important new chapter to the already substantial linguistic literature on Modern Greece....Offers real insight into the relationship between social values and linguistic practice....Sifianou's interpretations are persuasive and consistent.....All social anthropologists planning field research in Greece should read and assimilate this book....[A] fine-grained, confident analysis... --Anthropological Linguistics As a whole, this work should be considered an interesting contribution to politeness theory and its applications to specific languages. --Language in Society With acuity and verve, Sifianou adds an important new chapter to the already substantial linguistic literature on Modern Greece....Offers real insight into the relationship between social values and linguistic practice....Sifianou's interpretations are persuasive and consistent.....All social anthropologists planning field research in Greece should read and assimilate this book.... A fine-grained, confident analysis... --Anthropological Linguistics As a whole, this work should be considered an interesting contribution to politeness theory and its applications to specific languages. --Language in Society With acuity and verve, [Sifianou] adds an important new chapter to the already substantial linguistic literature on Modern Greece....Offers real insight into the relationship between social values and linguistic practice....Sifianou's interpretations are persuasive and consistent.....All social anthropologists planning field research in Greece should read and assimilate this book....[A] fine-grained, confident analysis... --Anthropological Linguistics<br> As a whole, this work should be considered an interesting contribution to politeness theory and its applications to specific languages. --Language in Society<br> Author InformationMaria Sifianou is Assistant Professor in the Department of English Studies at the University of Athens. 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