Ways of Expressing Apologies and Thanks in French and Japanese Personal Emails: a Comparison of Politeness
This article examines the ways in which politeness is used in French and Japanese personal emails (i.e. from one person to another). The data for the study consist of 411 emails from both communities and regrouped by criteria such as the correspondents’ gender, age and relationship (close vs distant...
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| Language: | English |
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Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/9263 |