Publications

Publication details [#13310]

Tannen, Deborah F. 2000. Indirectness at Work. In Peyton, Joy Kreeft, Peg Griffin, Walt Wolfram and Ralph W. Fasold. Language in Action. New Studies of Language in Society. Essays in Honor of Roger W. Shuy. Hampton Press. pp. 189–212.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

indirectness | workplace conversation

Annotation

It is shown that indirectness is a fundamental and pervasive property of conversational style.