Politeness in Malaysian family talk
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Serdang :
Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia ,
c2008
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Table of Contents:
- 1.Politeness and power in family discourse
- 2. Family politeness: requests in unequal relationships
- 3. Politeness in mixed marriages
- 4. Topic, shifts and politeness in spousal interaction
- 5. Politeness in intergenerational Malaysian Sindhi discourse : an accommodation perspective
- 6. Politeness norms of the Malaysian iyer community: focus on iyer women discourse
- 7. Strategies of politeness used by grandparents in intergenerational talk
- 8. Politeness and rapport building between an uncle and his niece
- 9. Politeness strategies: a case study of Malaysia children