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Publication details [#5143]

James, Sharon L. 1978. Effect of listener age and situation on the politeness of children's directives. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 7 (4) : 307–317.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

age | directive, L1-acquisition of | hearer | politeness, L1-acquisition of | situation

Journal WWW

www.kluweronline.com/

Annotation

Report of a study showing that listener's age is a strong influence on the politeness of children's directives in command situations; in request situations politeness does not vary much.