Reflections on direct and indirect strategies of politeness in g. B. Shaw’s pygmalion: A satire on conventionalities of politeness

This study aims at investigating male and female strategies of directness and indirectness manifest in the speech of the characters in the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. In the light of politeness theory by Brown and Levinson (1978), the realizations of direct and indirect strategies of po...

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Main Authors: Do, Thu Huong, Nguyen, Viet Ky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: H. : ĐHQGHN 2019
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Online Access:http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/67219
https://doi.org/10.25073/2525-2445/vnufs.4394
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Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Language: English