ISBN:
3110180065
,
3110180073
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9783110180060
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 365 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Language, power, and social process 12
Parallel Title:
Print version Power and Politeness in Action : Disagreements in Oral Communication
DDC:
302.2/242
Keywords:
Debates and debating
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Oral communication
;
Etiquette
;
Power (Social sciences)
;
Macht
;
Höflichkeit
;
Sprache
Abstract:
Biographical note: Miriam A. Locher is Senior Assistant at the University of Berne, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Main description: This study investigates the interface of power and politeness in the realization of disagreements in naturalistic language data. Power and politeness are important phenomena in face-to-face interaction. Disagreement is an arena in which these two key concepts are likely to be observed together. Both disagreement and the exercise of power entail a conflict. At the same time, conflict will often be softened by the display of politeness. The material for analysis comes from three different contexts: (1) a sociable argument in an informal, supportive, and interactive family setting; (2) a business meeting among colleagues at a research institution; and (3) examples from public discourse collected during the US Election in 2000.
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Transcription conventions; Figures and tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I Theory I; Chapter 2 Power; 1. Introduction; 2. Food for thought: An example to start with; 3. Dahl's one-dimensional approach to power: Power in observable change of behavior only; 4. Bachrach and Baratz's two-dimensional approach to power: Conflict and non-decisions; 5. Lukes' three-dimensional approach to power: The notion of interest; 6. Watts: Freedom of action and the exercise of power; 7. The relational and dynamic dimension of power; 8. Wartenberg: Action-alternatives and action-restriction
Description / Table of Contents:
9. Power and social networks: The place where power is negotiated10. Power and status; 11. Power and language; 12. Summary: A checklist for the nature and the exercise of power; 13. Example (6) revisited; Chapter 3 Communication and relational work; 1. Introduction; 2. The notion of context and frame; 3. Transactional and interactional discourse: The content and relational aspects of an utterance; 4. Face; 5. Face-threatening acts in example (6); 6. Summary; Chapter 4 Politeness; 1. Introduction; 2. Overview of politeness research
Description / Table of Contents:
2.1. Politeness expressed in maxims: Leech's Politeness Principle2.2. Brown and Levinson's ""face-saving"" politeness theory; 2.3. Politeness as norm; 2.4. Politeness as marked surplus; 2.5. The pro-social/involvement aspect of politeness; 2.6. Summary; 3. Towards a definition of politeness; 3.1. Relevance Theory; 3.2. Markedness and norms; 3.3. Markedness, formality and friendliness; 3.4. A definition of politeness; Part II Theory II; Chapter 5 Disagreement; 1. Why disagreement?; 2. Possibilities for the realization of disagreement, exemplified with The Argument; 2.1. Preliminary comments
Description / Table of Contents:
2.2. Material: The Dinner and The Argument2.3. Content summary of The Argument; 2.4. How disagreement was expressed during The Argument; 2.4.1. The use of hedges to mitigate disagreement; 2.4.1.1. The use of well; 2.4.1.2. The occurrence of just; 2.4.1.3. The use of uhm and uh; 2.4.1.4. The function of I think; 2.4.1.5. The use of I don't know; 2.4.2. Giving personally or emotionally colored reasons for disagreeing; 2.4.3. The use of the modal auxiliaries; 2.4.4. Shifting responsibility; 2.4.5. Objections in the form of a question; 2.4.6. The use of but
Description / Table of Contents:
2.4.7. The function of repetition of an utterance by the next or the same speaker2.4.8. Non-mitigating disagreement strategies; 2.4.9. Non-mitigating versus mitigating disagreement strategies: A summary; 3. Conclusion: Possibilities for the realization of disagreement; Part III The interface of power and politeness in disagreements; Chapter 6 A sociable argument during a dinner among family and friends; 1. Introduction; 2. The dynamics of The Argument; 2.1. EN 1: The basic question put forward; 2.2. EN 2: The Study: First introduction and refusal; 2.3. EN 3: The Study: Steven's point of view
Description / Table of Contents:
2.4. EN 4: The Study: Further explanation
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1515/9783110926552
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