Download or read book Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures written by Sara Mills and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the complex relationship between directness, indirectness, politeness and impoliteness. Definitions of directness and indirectness are discussed and problematised from a discursive theoretical perspective.