ISBN:
9780230236486
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (289 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Politeness Across Cultures
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This is the first edited collection to examine politeness in a wide range of diverse cultures. Most essays draw on empirical data from a wide variety of languages, including some key-languages in politeness research, such as English, and Japanese, as well as some lesser-studied languages, such as Georgian
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Chris Christie; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Politeness Research In and Across Cultures; Part I: Face in Interaction; 2 Some Issues with the Concept of Face: When, What, How and How Much?; 3 On the Concept of Face and Politeness; Part II: Im/politeness in Intracultural Interaction; 4 Im/politeness, Rapport Management and Workplace Culture: Truckers Performing Masculinities on Canadian Ice-Roads; 5 Why Are Israeli Children Better at Settling Disputes Than Israeli Politicians?
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Korean Honorifics and 'Revealed', 'Ignored' and 'Suppressed' Aspects of Korean Culture and Politeness7 Modern Chinese Politeness Revisited; 8 Modes of Address Between Female Staff in Georgian Professional Discourse: Medical and Academic Contexts; Part III: Im/politeness and Face: Intercultural and Crosscultural Perspectives; 9 Indirectness in Zimbabwean English: A Study of Intercultural Communication in the UK; 10 On Im/politeness Behind the Iron Curtain Eva Ogiermann and Malgorzata Suszczynska; 11 Conflict, Culture and Face; 12 Cultural Variability in Face Interpretation and Management
Description / Table of Contents:
Epilogue by Sandra HarrisIndex of Names; Index of Subjects;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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