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Publication details [#20508]
Kunst-Gnamus, Olga. 1991. Politeness as an effect of the interaction between the form and content of a request and the context of utterance. In Janda, Laura A. The radial network of a grammatical category: Its genesis and dynamic structure. : 49–62.
Annotation
K. examines the relationship between the form of a request and the amount of politeness it conveys. The basic hypothesis is that the evaluation of politeness is influenced by the form of the request: direct requests are evaluated as lesser politer than those expressed indirectly.