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Axia, Giovanna; Argenti, Emanuela – 1989
The development of linguistic politeness in 7- and 9-year-old Italian children was examined. A total of 80 subjects, 40 males and 40 females, produced requests according to different contexts which were graphically presented. Factors considered for such contexts were: sex of the speaker; sex of the addressee; status of the addressee, either peer…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries