formality

Related Term(s)

Sources

• BROWN & LEVINSON 49

  BROWN, Penelope & LEVINSON, Stephen C. (1987) Politeness: Some universals in language usage. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

• CRYSTAL 2003 186

  CRYSTAL, David. (2003) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 5th Ed Oxford: Blackwell.

• HALLIDAY 1978 32 (level of formality), 224

  HALLIDAY, M.A.K. (1978) Language as Social Semiotic: The social interpretation of language and meaning. Baltimore: University Park Press.