Politeness through the Prism of Requests, Apologies and Refusals

Reviews / Votes

"The volume provides a very comprehensive preview of the research carried out on (im)politeness and speech acts. In this regard, both traditional and postmodern approaches to (im)politeness, including their strengths and drawbacks, are fully discussed. The literature review on speech acts also provides an excellent summary of the general characteristics and classification systems of requests, apologies and refusals. Both of these discussions can be very informative for postgraduates and researchers interested in this area. The book could be of interest to researchers, English language teachers and teacher trainers involved in the field of interlanguage pragmatics. The results of the research can particularly be of interest to teachers of English who teach to Slavic-speaking learners."-Leila Khabbazi-Oskouei, University of East Anglia; LINGUIST List 26.541 "[This book] is an outstanding study of politeness in the field of interlanguage pragmatics. Embracing a range of up-to-date theoretical frameworks and methodological procedures, the author successfully tackles a number of unsolved issues in EFL pragmatics. The conclusions the author reaches on the basis of extensive empirical data are an invaluable source not only to academics, but also to EFL teachers, teacher trainers and advanced learners of English."-Prof. Dr. Maja Markovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia"This book ... represents a more than welcome contribution to the study of interlanguage pragmatics, offering both an extensive critical discussion of the relevant theoretical aspects of this complex topic and an exceptionally thorough empirical study of the problem."-Prof. Dr. Tatjana Paunovic, University of Nis, Serbia"The book will certainly be of interest to advanced students and teachers of EFL and applied linguistics. In other words, it is a must-read for students studying to be future language professionals."-Prof. Dr. Gordana Petricic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia