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Do indirect requests communicate politeness? An experimental study of conventionalized indirect requests in French email communication 间接的请求能传达礼貌吗?法语电子邮件交际中约定式间接请求的实验研究

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Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture Pub Date : 2019-12-05 DOI: 10.1515/pr-2017-0026

Nicolas Ruytenbeek

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Sharifian, Farzad. 2017. Cultural Linguistics. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 171 pp., Paperback ISBN 978-90-272-0412-7. Price Hb EUR 95 法扎德·沙里芬，2017。文化语言学。阿姆斯特丹和费城:约翰本杰明，171页，平装ISBN 978-90-272-0412-7。价格Hb€95

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Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture Pub Date : 2019-12-05 DOI: 10.1515/pr-2018-0026

Carmen Maíz-Arévalo

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Factors in the perception of speaker politeness: the effect of linguistic structure, imposition and prosody 影响说话人礼貌感知的因素：语言结构、句法和韵律的影响

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Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture Pub Date : 2019-12-04 DOI: 10.1515/pr-2017-0008

N. Vergis, M. Pell

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Grainger, Karen and Sara Mills. 2016. Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. Hardback ISBN 978-1-157-34038-2. 177 pp. Price Hb GBP 44.99; e-book GBP 35.99. 格兰杰、凯伦和萨拉·米尔斯。2016年，《跨文化的直接性和间接性》。贝辛斯托克：帕尔格雷夫·麦克米兰。精装版ISBN 978-1-157-34038-2。177页，价格Hb 44.99英镑；电子书35.99英镑。

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Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture Pub Date : 2019-12-03 DOI: 10.1515/pr-2018-0032

J. O’Driscoll

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Teachers and supervisors negotiating face during critical account requests in post observation feedback 在观察后反馈中，教师和主管在关键账户请求期间协商面子

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Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture Pub Date : 2019-08-05 DOI: 10.1515/pr-2018-0028

H. Donaghue

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引用次数: 2

Frontmatter Frontmatter

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Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture Pub Date : 2019-07-26 DOI: 10.1515/pr-2019-frontmatter2

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An Intergenerational Perspective on (Im)politeness (我)礼貌的代际视角

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Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture Pub Date : 2019-07-26 DOI: 10.1515/PR-2017-0033

S. Bella, Eva Ogiermann

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Impoliteness in English and Chinese online diners’ reviews 中英文在线用餐者评价中的不礼貌

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Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture Pub Date : 2019-07-26 DOI: 10.1515/PR-2017-0031

Xiaoyu Lai

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Impoliteness Revisited: Evidence from Qingmian Threats in Chinese Interpersonal Conflicts 重新审视不礼貌:来自中国人人际冲突中的清面威胁的证据

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Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture Pub Date : 2019-07-26 DOI: 10.1515/PR-2017-0027

Yongping Ran, Linsen Zhao

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(Im)politeness at a Chinese dinner table: A discursive approach to (im)politeness in multi-party communication 中国餐桌上的礼貌：多方沟通中礼貌的话语方法

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Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture Pub Date : 2019-07-26 DOI: 10.1515/PR-2016-0056

Dengshan Xia, Chun Lan

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