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Sorry about that : the language of public apology / Edwin L. Battistella.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (xii, 217 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199300921
  • 0199300925
  • 1306562082
  • 9781306562089
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sorry about thatDDC classification:
  • 158.2 23
LOC classification:
  • P126 .B37 2014eb
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Contents:
The scope of apologies -- How apologies succeed and fail -- How we literally apologize -- Sorry, regrets, and more -- True confessions -- Verbal self-defense -- National apologies -- International apologies -- Why we apologize, or don't -- Apology in American culture. A reader's guide to analyzing apologies.
Summary: In Sorry About That, Edwin Battistella analyzes the public apologies of presidents, politicians, entertainers, and businessmen, situating the apology within American popular culture.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and index.

The scope of apologies -- How apologies succeed and fail -- How we literally apologize -- Sorry, regrets, and more -- True confessions -- Verbal self-defense -- National apologies -- International apologies -- Why we apologize, or don't -- Apology in American culture. A reader's guide to analyzing apologies.

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In Sorry About That, Edwin Battistella analyzes the public apologies of presidents, politicians, entertainers, and businessmen, situating the apology within American popular culture.

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