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Publication details [#46101]

Christie, Christine. 2007. Relevance theory and politeness. Journal of Politeness Research 3 (2) : 269–294.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

focus | politeness | relevance theory

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This article explores whether Sperber and Wilson's (1995 [1986]) relevance theory could usably inspire politeness research, and presents some differences in focus generated by a relevance-theoretical approach of politeness.