This readable book presents a new general theoretical understanding of politeness. It offers an account of a wide range of politeness phenomena in English, illu

This book investigates the notion of Speech Act from a cross-cultural perspective. The starting point for this book is the assumption that speech acts are reali

Papers in this issue:(1) Jesús García Laborda & Miguel Fernández Álvarez: Teachers' opinions towards the integration of oral tasks in the Spanish University

The volume addresses the enormous imbalance that exists between academic interest in politeness phenomena when compared to impoliteness phenomena. Researchers w

This book presents the findings of an empirical study on face and power relationships between native and non-native speakers of English. Based on twenty audio-r