Politeness (Linguistics) Conversation analysis 15 Language 7 Communication 4 Discourse analysis 4 Malay language 3 Pragmatics 3 Apologizing 2 English language 2 Indians 2 Interaction analysis in education 2 Language and culture 2 Oral communication 2 Prank telephone calls 2 Social aspects 2 Speech acts (Linguistics) 2 Staff meetings 2 Study and teaching (Higher) 2 Chinese students 1 College students 1 Communication in families 1 Cooperativeness 1 Courtesy in literature 1 Cross-cultural studies 1 Dialects 1 English wit and humor 1 Foreign workers, Filipino 1 Grammar, Comparative and general 1 History and criticism 1 Indian women 1