Publications

Publication details [#42919]

Burt, Susan Meredith. 2005. How to get rid of unwanted suitors: Advice from Hmong-American women of two generations. Journal of Politeness Research 1 (2) : 219–236.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

age | courtship | politeness | power | women's language

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/JPLR/html

Annotation

This study demonstrates that younger Hmong-American women use more politeness strategies than the older women, in response to a face-threatening scenario, inviting these women to playfully court with a man in whom they are not interested.