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Publication details [#57442]

Sifianou, Maria. 2013. The impact of globalisation on politeness and impoliteness. Journal of Pragmatics 55 (1) : 86–102.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

culture contact | globalization | politeness | service encounter

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

Exploring (im)politeness expression in address terms and (in)formality issues in the English and Greek service sector, this paper admits globalisation's homogenising power, although greater interdependence does not inevitably mean cultural homogenisation.