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Do children apologize to each other? Apology events in young Israeli peer discourse
Children's apologies are greatly under-researched. Though there is wealth of information available on the pragmatics of apologies generally, we know much less about whether and how children apologize...
Keywords: apology, remedial work, remedial competencies, pragmatic development, peer talk, social norms
02/2007 | Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, Walter de GruyterInstitutional apologies in UK higher education: Getting back into the black before going into the red
A small corpus of student e-mail apologies to academic staff was collected in order to investigate the nature and structure of the apology act...
Keywords: apology, sequence, computer-mediated discourse, equity, politeness, face apology
02/2007 | Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, Walter de Gruyter“I can now apologize to you twice from the bottom of my heart”: Apologies in Greek reality TV
While the speech act of apology has been investigated in a number of languages and cultures, there has been little research into apologies in Greek...
Keywords: apology, politeness, face, power, culture, reality TV
02/2007 | Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, Walter de GruyterIntra-cultural variation: Explanations in service calls to two Montevidean service providers.
This article offers an intra-cultural pragmatic analysis of some aspects of the interactional behaviour of Uruguayans (Montevideans) in non-emergency service calls to two telephone service centres...
Keywords: apology, remedial work, justifications, excuses, openings, closings, consumer rights
01/2008 | Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, Walter de Gruyter