Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures [electronic resource] /
Mills, Sara.author.
Grainger, Karen.author.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: Language, Culture, (Im)politeness and (In)directness2. Theoretical Perspectives on Indirectness3. Theoretical Perspectives on Directness 4. Zimbabwean and British English: A Case Study of Directness and Indirectness across Cultures5. Situated Directness and Indirectness: Monolingual English Speakers6. Linguistic Ideologies: Bilingual Speakers' Evaluations of Indirectness and Directness 7. Conclusions.
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.
Discourse analysis.
Sociolinguistics.
Communication.
Pragmatics.
Discourse Analysis.
Sociolinguistics.
Communication Studies.
Pragmatics.
Directness and indirectness across cultures.