ISBN:
9781137340382
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (188 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Pragmatics
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This book analyses the complex relationship between directness, indirectness, politeness and impoliteness. Definitions of directness and indirectness are discussed and problematised from a discursive theoretical perspective
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Transcription Conventions; 1 Introduction: Language, Culture, (Im)politeness and (In)directness; 2 Theoretical Perspectives on Indirectness; 3 Theoretical Perspectives on Directness; 4 Zimbabwean English and British English: A Case Study of Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures; 5 Situated Directness and Indirectness: Monolingual English Speakers; 6 Linguistic Ideologies: Bilingual Speakers' Evaluations of Indirectness and Directness; 7 Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
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