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Publication details [#46097]
Kádár, Dániel Z. 2007. On historical Chinese apology and its strategic application. Journal of Politeness Research 3 (1). 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study uses historical pragmatics to explore the interactional application of ritualised Chinese formulae of apology and employs the data to reexamine the so-called “discernment” aspect of linguistic politeness.