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The publication addresses politeness strategies used by Czech University students when they contact faculties. Politeness in Czech society is also introduced: d
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This book explores the extent to which self-praise is acceptable in both offline and online contexts, across different genres, platforms, and cultural backgroun
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The twenty-first century has seen a surge in cross-linguistic research on forms of address from increasingly diverse and complementary perspectives. The present
Of Stars and Men
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The twentieth century has been a remarkable epoch in the affairs of men, and this is no less true of astronomy, at once the oldest and most modern of the scienc