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Publication details [#53602]

Sifianou, Maria. 2010. The announcements in the Athens Metro stations: An example of glocalization? Intercultural Pragmatics 7 (1) : 25–46.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | genre | language and culture | language use | politeness

Language as a subject

English | Greek

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study argues that both the Greek and the English announcements heard in the Athens Metro stations are elaborate, since this is assumed to reflect the required formality and politeness.