Politeness Across Cultures [electronic resource] /
Bargiela-Chiappini, F.editor.
Kádár, D.editor.
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 based upon print version of record.
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?
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
Epilogue by Sandra HarrisIndex of Names; Index of Subjects
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Sociolinguistics.
Semantics.
Sociolinguistics.
Semantics.