Politeness : some universals in language usage / Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson. Brown, Penelope. Levinson, Stephen C. Sociolinguistics. Etiquette. Conversation. Pragmatics. Speech acts (Linguistics) Social interaction. Language and languages Usage. P40.5.E75 B76 1987 306.44 19 BRP "The bulk of the material in this volume first appeared in a collection in the series Cambridge papers in social anthropology, volume 8"--Foreword. Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. 301-327. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987. 1987. 1987 Text xiv, 345 p. ; http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam023/86023255.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam028/86023255.html eng Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 4