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Cover image for book Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures

Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures

By:Sara Mills; Karen Grainger
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137340382
eText ISBN:9781137340399
Edition:0
Copyright:2016
Format:Reflowable

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This book analyses the complex relationship between directness, indirectness, politeness and impoliteness. Definitions of directness and indirectness are discussed and problematised from a discursive theoretical perspective.