Politeness in Language : : Studies in its History, Theory and Practice /

Politeness in Language : : Studies in its History, Theory and Practice / / ed. by Konrad Ehlich, Richard J. Watts, Sachiko Ide.

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This collection of 13 original papers focuses on the phenomenon of politeness in language. It presents the most important problems in developing a theory of linguistic politeness, which must deal with the crucial differences between lay notions of politeness in different cultures and the term ‘polit...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
MitwirkendeR:
Arndt, Horst,
Blum-Kulka, Shoshana,
Carnes, Yukiko M.,
Coulmas, Florian,
Ehlich, Konrad,
Held, Gudrun,
Hill, Beverly,
Ide, Sachiko,
Janney, Richard W.,
Kawasaki, Akiko,
Knapp-Potthoff, Annelie,
Kummer, Manfred,
Ogino, Tsunao,
Sell, Roger D.,
Stalpers, Judith,
Valtin, Renate,
Walper, Sabine,
Watts, Richard J.,
Werkhofer, Konrad T.,
HerausgeberIn:
Ehlich, Konrad,
Ide, Sachiko,
Watts, Richard J.,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019]
©1992
Year of Publication:2019
Edition:Reprint 2019
Language:English
Series:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 59
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Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 380 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: The Theory and History of Linguistic Politeness
  • 1. Intracultural tact versus intercultural tact
  • 2. Linguistic politeness and politic verbal behaviour: Reconsidering claims for universality
  • 3. On the historicity of politeness
  • 4. Literary texts and diachronic aspects of politeness
  • 5. Politeness in linguistic research
  • 6. Traditional and modern views: the social constitution and the power of politeness
  • Part 2: Empirical Studies in Politeness
  • 7. Secondhand politeness
  • 8. Between matter-of-factness and politeness
  • 9. Children’s understanding of white lies
  • Part 3: Politeness in a Non-Western Cultural Setting
  • 10. The metapragmatics of politeness in Israeli society
  • 11. The concept of politeness: An empirical study of American English and Japanese
  • 12. Linguistic etiquette in Japanese society
  • 13. Politeness in Thai
  • References
  • Author and subject index
  • Backmatter

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