Politeness : some universals in language usage /
Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson.
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], New York : ; Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- xiv, 345 p. ; 23 cm.
Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; "The bulk of the material in this volume first appeared in a collection in the series Cambridge papers in social anthropology, volume 8"--Foreword. Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. 301-327.