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Casken, Sarah T. – 1980
Based on a model developed by Brown and Levinson (1978), this thesis examines one feature underlying appropriate language use--politeness--as it affects the discourse of native English speakers in three situations. The three situations and speakers involved are: (1) British speakers in a British public library, (2) American speakers in an American…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Discourse Analysis, English, Language Research
