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2. The Apologiser, offence type, sincerity and acceptance of the apology This section demonstrates that certain sociolinguistic and pragmatic variables such as social distance, status, who apologises to whom, where, and how ( Obeng 1999 ) and the offence type may affect the “fulsomeness” ( Murphy, 2014 : 73) and the display of sincerity and