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Sorry about that : the language of public apology
Title
Sorry about that : the language of public apology / Edwin L. Battistella.
ISBN
9780199300914 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
0199300917 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
xii, 217 pages ; 25 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 01, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and index.
Contents
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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