Three Speechcrafts : Compliment, Humor and Refusal

The book discusses the meaning and importance of speechcrafts in terms of compliment, humor and refusal in daily interpersonal communication, listing the methods and artistic features of speech with everyday life stories for readers to appreciate the beauty of language while improving our communicative skills. The book has little theorization about language and speechcraft, showing us how to please, delight and refuse without disappointing people in the most simple and practical ways.