Indirectness has been a key concept in pragmatic research for over four decades, however the notion as a technical term does not have an agreed-upon definition

Explores the fascinating phenomenon of indirect speech acts, highlighting the situations they are used in, and how they are understood.

This book analyses the complex relationship between directness, indirectness, politeness and impoliteness. Definitions of directness and indirectness are discus

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Behler discusses the current state of thought on modernity and postmodernity, detailing the intellectual problems to be faced and examining the positions of suc