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188 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780292768970
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 01 September 2014
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"Give me the salt" and "Please pass the salt" make the same request, but in a polite situation the first utterance may give offense, while the second may not. How and why such differences in wording and intonation, in a particular context, produce...
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188 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780292768970
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 01 September 2014
Description
"Give me the salt" and "Please pass the salt" make the same request, but in a polite situation the first utterance may give offense, while the second may not. How and why such differences in wording and intonation, in a particular context, produce...
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