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Publication details [#53603]
Glinert, Lewis H. 2010. Apologizing to China: Elastic apologies and the meta-discourse of American diplomats. Intercultural Pragmatics 7 (1) : 47–74. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study assessess the pragmatics of (diplomatic) apology negotiations in two Sino-American crises (1999 and 2001), as discussed by various involved US officials in off-the-record interviews. It points to the importance of negotiation and discursive struggle in diplomatic apology