Publications

Publication details [#40938]

Félix-Brasdefer, J. César. 2004. Interlanguage Refusals: Linguistic Politeness and Length of Residence in the Target Community. Language Learning 54 (4) : 587–654.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

interlanguage | politeness | refusing

Language as a subject

Spanish

Place, Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/lang

Annotation

This study examines the sequential organization of the linguistic politeness strategies of Spanish learners and whether the length of residence in the target community affects learners' competence to negotiate and mitigate a refusal.