Indexicality and (im)politeness

This chapter argues that frameworks that address the indexical properties of natural language provide a unified and coherent account of diverse phenomena that are crucial to the study of (im)politeness. Studies of indexicality have typically explored deictic systems, of which honorifics are but a su...

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Main Authors: Barbara Pizziconi, Christine Christie
Format: Default Book chapter
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/24619
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