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Politeness in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Edited by Annick Paternoster and Susan Fitzmaurice
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 299] 2019
► pp. 1–36

Politeness in nineteenth-century Europe, a research agenda

| Università della Svizzera italiana
| University of Sheffield
Article outline
  • 1.England v. Germany
  • 2.Nineteenth-century bourgeoisie
  • 3.The European ruling class, a comparative review
  • 4.Aristocratic persistence?
  • 5.Historical (im)politeness and nineteenth-century Europe
  • 6.Discernment
  • 7.Linguistic change: On conventionalisation and metasources
  • 8.Historical factors for socio-pragmatic change
  • 9.The contributions in this volume
  • Acknowledgement
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 10 January 2019
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