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Indirectness and politeness in requests: Same or different?

1987875 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Shoshana Blum‐Kulka

Topics & Keywords

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Pragmatics

Volume 11, Issue 2, pp. 131-146

DOI: 10.1016/0378-2166(87)90192-5

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 24.34

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