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McEnery, Tony (2006). Swearing in English: Bad Language, Purity and Power from 1586 to the Present. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 10-415-25837-5; 304 pp. Price: £ 80.00. (Lynn Grant)
Truss, Lynne (2005) Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of Everyday Life, or Six Good Reasons to Stay at Home and Bolt the Door. Profile: London. ISBN 186197-933-9; 214 pp. Price £ 9.99 / USD $ 20.00. (Sara Mills)
Cho, Yongkil (2005). Grammatik und Höflichkeit im Sprachvergleich. Direktive Handlungsspiele des Bittens, Aufforderns und Anweisen im Deutschen und Koreanischen. (A Comparison of Grammar and Politeness in German and Korean: Directive Language Games with Requests, Injunctions and Instructions). Tübingen:Max Niemeyer Verlag. ISBN: 3-484-75032-4; 202 pp. Price: Euro 118.00. (Gila A. Schauer)
Watts, Richard, Sachiko Ide, and Konrad Ehlich (eds.) (2005). Politeness in Language: Studies in its History, Theory and Practice (2nd Edition). Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Hardback ISBN 3-11-018549-0; Paperback ISBN 3-11-018300-5; 404 pp. Price: Hb: £ 66.20 / Euro 98 / USD 132.30. Pb: £ 28.99 / Euro 38.95 / USD 52.60. (Ian Walkinshaw)
Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, Walter de Gruyter
Print ISSN: 1612-5681
Volume: 3, 07/2007
Pages: 319 - 333
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