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Молбите в съвременния български език – по-учтиво ли е индиректното им изразяване
Requests in contemporary Bulgarian: Are they more polite in indirect form?

Author(s): Nikolai Paskalev
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Semantics, Pragmatics, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: apologies; conventional apologies; speech acts; politeness; social roles

Summary/Abstract: The present paper proposes a hypothesis about the relation between politeness and indirect requests in modern Bulgarian. It provides an overview of linguistic models of the request as a speech act and of concepts on direct/indirect politeness. The linguistics means of expressing direct and indirect request in modern Bulgarian are described in detail and assessed according to the degree of politeness that they express.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 23-30
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian