Politeness in Europe

Notes on the Contributors vii Introduction 1(12) Leo Hickey Miranda Stewart Western Europe Politeness in Germany: Politeness in Germany? 13(16) Juliane House Politeness in France: How to Buy Bread Politely 29(16) Catherine Kerbrat-Orecchioni Politeness in Belgium: Face, Distance and Sincerity in Service-exchange Rituals 45(13) Emmanuelle Danblon Bernard de Clerck Jean-Pierre van Noppen Politeness in Luxemburg: Greetings from Foreign Parts 58(8) Johannes Kramer Politeness in The Netherlands: Indirect Requests 66(16) Rob le Pair Politeness in Austria: Politeness and Impoliteness 82(18) Silvia Haumann Ursula Koch Karl Sornig Politeness in Switzerland: Between Respect and Acceptance 100(16) Guiseppe Manno Politeness in Britain: `It's Only a Suggestion...' 116(14) Miranda Stewart Politeness in Ireland: `...In Ireland, It's Done Without Being Said' 130(15) Jeffrey L. Kallen Northern Europe Politeness in Norway: How Can You Be Polite and Sincere? 145(14) Thorstein Fretheim Politeness in Denmark: Getting to the Point 159(15) Elin Fredsted Politeness in Sweden: Parliamentary Forms of Address 174(15) Cornelia Ilie Politeness in Finland: Evasion at All Costs 189(14) Valma Yli-Vakkuri Eastern Europe Politeness in Estonia: A Matter-of-Fact Style 203(15) Leelo Keevallik Politeness in Poland: From `Titlemania' to Grammaticalised Honorifics 218(16) Romuald Huszcza Politeness in Hungary: Uncertainty in a Changing Society 234(13) Lorant Bencze Politeness in the Czech Republic: Distance, Levels of Expression, Management and Intercultural Contact 247(16) Jiri Nekvapil J.V. Neustupny Southern Europe Politeness in Greece: The Politeness of Involvement 263(14) Maria Sifianou Eleni Antonopoulou Politeness in Cyprus: A Coffee or a Small Coffee? 277(15) Marina Terkourafi Politeness in Italy: The Art of Self-representation in Requests 292(14) Gudrun Held Politeness in Portugal: How to Address Others 306(11) Maria Helena Araujo Carreira Politeness in Spain: Thanks But No `Thanks' 317(14) Leo Hickey Index 331