Publications
Publication details [#26237]
Koike, Dale April. 1992. Language and social relationship in Brazilian Portuguese: The pragmatics of politeness. University of Texas Press. viii + 176 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
This study of Brazilian speech acts, building on the models of Austin (1962) and Searle (1969), examines the sociolinguistic variables of directives, proposes a pragmatic hierarchy of illocutionary force and argues that the mitigation associated with politeness reflects deictic organization.
