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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466555603321

Autore

Anchimbe Eric A.

Titolo

Offers and offer refusals : a postcolonial pragmatics perspective on world Englishes / / Eric A. Anchimbe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

90-272-6328-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 pages)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond new series (P&bns) ; ; Volume 298, , 0922-842x

Disciplina

420.1/45

Soggetti

Politeness (Linguistics)

English language - Variation - Foreign countries

English language - Variation - English-speaking countries

English language - Discourse analysis

Discourse analysis - Social aspects

Speech acts (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: offers, refusals in postcolonial multilingual societies: new research directions -- Postcolonial pragmatics -- Offers, refusals and professional status -- Offers, refusals and age -- Offers, refusals and peer equality -- Postcolonial hybrid structures and social interaction -- Conclusion: on offer-refusal communicative acts: general implications for future research.