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Susana Mühleisen & Bettina Migge (eds.), Politeness and face in Caribbean creoles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2007

Anita Herzfeld
Anita Herzfeld
Affiliation:
Center of Latin American Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, herzfeld@ku.edu
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Abstract

Susana Mühleisen & Bettina Migge (eds.), Politeness and face in Caribbean creoles. (Varieties of English Around the World, G34.) Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2005. Pp. vi, 293. Hb.

This collective volume starts with an overview by the editors on “Politeness and face in Caribbean creoles.” Eleven chapters, mostly fieldwork-based, are presented in three sections: I, “Performing rudeness and face maintenance,” II, “Face attention and the public and private self,” and III, “Socialization and face development.”

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Language in Society , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 143 - 144
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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