TY  - BOOK
AU  - Battistella,Edwin L.
TI  - Sorry about that: the language of public apology 
SN  - 9780199300921
AV  - P126 .B37 2014eb
U1  - 158.2 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
KW  - Apologizing
KW  - Analyse linguistique (Linguistique)
KW  - Excuses (Regret)
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY
KW  - Applied Psychology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SELF-HELP
KW  - Personal Growth
KW  - General
KW  - Happiness
KW  - Success
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - In Sorry About That, Edwin Battistella analyzes the public apologies of presidents, politicians, entertainers, and businessmen, situating the apology within American popular culture
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=751871
ER  -