Publications

Publication details [#51362]

Ogiermann, Eva. 2009. Politeness and in-directness across cultures: A comparison of English, German, Polish and Russian requests. Journal of Politeness Research 5 (2) : 189–216.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

face maintenance | indirectness | language and culture | politeness | request

Language as a subject

English | German | Polish | Russian

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/JPLR/html

Annotation

This crosscultural comparison of politeness and indirectness, explores direct and indirect requesting (and facework) in English, German, Polish and Russian.