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Schneider, Klaus P. 2012. Appropriate behaviour across varieties of English. Journal of Pragmatics 44 (9) : 1022–1037.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This paper demonstrates that appropriate verbal behaviour (as more salient notion than ‘politeness’) in party small talk between strangers is ruled by different norms in the different national varieties of British, Irish and American English. Norms of proper verbal behaviour are also age-related.