The Mental Scenarios and Internet Genre Etiquette of Different Cultures (Based on Online Greetings in Four Languages)

This article analyses online greetings in the Russian, Polish, Lithuanian and German languages. The author treats greetings as a speech act which helps the addresser to remind the addressee of his/her good attitude towards him/her on the basis of a particular occasion—the addressee’s birthday. The...

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Main Author: Eleonora Lassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University 2012-10-01
Series:Respectus Philologicus
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Online Access:http://www.journals.vu.lt/respectus-philologicus/article/view/15334