White lies, polite lies [ Reading & Writing / Communication ]
… negative politeness and its connections to lies, see Harald Weinrich, Linguistik der Lüge (Heidelberg: Schneider, 1966). Jane Austen , by contrast, challenged the prevalent view of advice manuals and frankly admitted that, particularly for women, … of the term, had been seen as a contradiction to social politeness ever since Rousseau ’s Émile (1762). 11 . Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, ed. Claudia L. Johnson (New York and London: Norton, 2002), p. 89. 12 . George E. …
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