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Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter http://www.mouton-publishers.com Journal Title: Multilingua Volume Number: 23 Issue Number: 1/2 Issue Date: 2004 Subtitle: Tensions in current politeness research, edited by Chris Christie Main text: For a FREE ELECTRONIC SAMPLE ISSUE of MULTILINGUA (22/1) and other Mouton de Gruyter journals, please visit our website at http://www.degruyter.de/journals/multilin/384_6105_ENU_h.htm or http://www.mouton-publishers.com Special Offer: Institutions who now subscribe to MULTILINGUA will receive FREE ONLINE ACCESS TO BACK ISSUES (2001-2003) of Multilingua. For more information or to order a subscription, please contact julia.ulrichMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuedegruyter.com. Volume 23, Issue 1/2 (2004) Special Issue: Tensions in current politeness research edited by Chris Christie CHRIS CHRISTIE Introduction LOUISE MULLANY Gender, politeness and institutional power roles: Humour as a tactic to gain compliance in workplace business meetings KAREN GRAINGER Verbal play on the hospital ward: Solidarity or power? KATE BEECHING Pragmatic particles - polite but powerless? Tone-group terminal hein and quoi in contemporary spoken French MICHAEL HAUGH Revisiting the conceptualisation of politeness in English and Japanese DIMITRA KOUTSANTONI Relations of power and solidarity in scientific communities: A cross-cultural comparison of politeness strategies in the writing of native English speaking and Greek engineers ALEXANDRA KALLIA Linguistic politeness: The implicature approach SARA MILLS Class, gender and politeness Book reviews Mouton de Gruyter is proud to announce the launch of the JOURNAL OF POLITENESS RESEARCH, edited by Chris Christie, in 2005. For more information and to save 20% on Volume 1, please visit our website at http://www.degruyter.de/rs/6468_7282_ENU_h.htm. To order, please contact SFG Servicecenter-Fachverlage Postfach 4343 72774 Reutlingen, Germany Fax: +49 (0)7071 - 93 53 - 33 E-mail: deGruyter
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