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Language StudiesCommunicationLinguisticsDiscourse AnalysisPragmaticsSociolinguisticsInteractional PragmaticsInteractional SociolinguisticsPoliteness StrategiesPragmatics Of QuestionsSocial CommunicationSpeech ActsLinguistic PolitenessPoliteness In QuestionsPoliteness MarkersPoliteness MaximsPoliteness SystemsPoliteness Theory
Lists of figures and tables Preface Symbols and abbreviations 1. Introduction Esther N. Goody 2. Towards a theory of questions Esther N. Goody 3. Questions of immediate concern Elinor Ochs Keenan, Bambi B. Schieffelin and Martha Platt 4. Universals in language usage: politeness phenomena Notes References.