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Publication details [#23450]

Wierbicka, Anna. 1985. Different cultures, different languages, different speech acts. Journal of Pragmatics 9 (2-3) : 145–178.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
communicative style | crosscultural context | directness vs. indirectness | imperative1 | interrogative1 | speech act
Language as a subject
English | Polish
Journal WWW
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Annotation

A discussion of differences between English and Polish speech acts. The differences are grounded in cultural norms and assumptions, related to, among others, spontaneity, directness, intimacy.