Sorry about that : the language of public apology / Edwin L. Battistella.
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TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Description: xii, 217 pages ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 9780199300914 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- 0199300917 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- P 126 .B37 2014
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and index.
The scope of apologies -- How apologies succeed and fail -- How we literally apologize -- Sorry, regrets, and more -- True confessions -- Verbal self-defense -- National apologies -- International apologies -- Why we apologize, or don't -- Apology in American culture. A reader's guide to analyzing apologies.
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