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Publication details [#54848]

Bella, Spyridoula. 2011. Mitigation and politeness in Greek invitation refusals: Effects of length of residence in the target community and intensity of interaction on non-native speakers’ performance. Journal of Pragmatics 43 (6) : 1718–1740.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This article explores the politeness strategies (/expressions) and mitigation devices employed by native and non-native speakers (yet advanced learners) of Greek when declining an invitation from an intimate and investigates whether length of residence or interaction intensity with native speakers influence non-native speakers’ performance.