A Comparative Analysis of Politeness in First Encounter Conversations in British English Film and Peninsular Spanish Film
This paper aims at analysing the phenomenon of politeness in British English and Peninsular Spanish in the first encounter conversations between strangers taking into consideration power and distance, where relevant. I attempted to demonstrate the differences in two cultures as Spaniards are thought...
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| Language: | English |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2010-09-01
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| Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/820 |