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Publication details [#42798]

Eslami, Zohreh R. 2005. Invitations in Persian and English: Ostensible or genuine? Intercultural Pragmatics 2 (4) : 453–480.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
crosscultural context | face maintenance | language and culture | language and society | politeness
Language as a subject
English | Persian
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IPRG/html

Annotation

This paper describes and compares the defining characteristics of Persian and English genuine and ostensible invitations.