Motives of Indirectness in Daily Communication -- An Asian Perspective

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Asian Culture and History 1 (2):P99 (2009)
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Indirectness is often used in our daily communication as a major communicative skill to keep a harmonious interpersonal relationship. From an Asian perspective, this paper is to discuss the various motives of indirectness, such as: politeness, self-protection, humor, rejection or denial, etc

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