Politeness : some universals in language usage - Brown, Penelope; Levinson, Stephen C. (New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987)
"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.
Keywords: Sociolinguistics; Etiquette; Conversation; Pragmatics; Speech acts (Linguistics); Social interaction; Language and languages -- Usage