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Publication details [#5004]

Hurford, James R. 1975. A polite surface structure constraint. Linguistic Inquiry 6 (1) : 166–167.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
acceptability | politeness
Journal WWW
www.catchword.com/mitpress/00243892/contp1-1.htm

Annotation

The surface constraint making 'I and my wife are easy to please' unacceptable, is said to be due to a convention of politeness.

Reviewed by

Habel, Christopher U. 1976. Unpolite asterisk.