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Raja Ram Mehrotra
Verbalization of politeness in Indian English varies considerably from British and American English. This is evident from an analysis oftheforms of address, verbalization of gratitude, special politeness phraseology and strategy in the native andnon-native varieties of English. The Indian English politeness forms admit of greater individual Variation and stylistic ränge and a lower percentage of Standard, conventional, and fixed forms in comparison with British or American English. They infact draw upon the resources oftwo expression Systems and two distinct cultures — Indian and Western. They also serve to highlight some of the regional characteristics of sociolinguistics in India
