This article introduces the concept of indirect speech and shows what it can contribute to understanding "legitimacy … pass the salt?"). Transporting concepts from pragmatics and sociolinguistics, this article argues that legitimacy talk … generalized legitimacy claims. Understanding this double role of legitimacy talk sheds light on otherwise puzzling empirical …

a strong effect on CSR expansion when the legitimacy of CSR is low. However, when the practice has achieved substantial …

(over-)reliance on religious legitimacy, use of slave soldiers, and persistence of restrictive proscriptions of religious …