Discourse and politeness
Subtitle: ambivalent face in Japanese
By: Naomi Geyer.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826497819
Subjects: Japanese language -- Discourse analysis; Emotive (Linguistics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Politeness, Face, and Identity; title: 3. Analyzing Facework; title: 4. Collaborative Disagreement; title: 5. Teasing and Humor; title: 6. Talking about Troubles; title: 7. The Meeting: Facework in Description and Discourse Organization; title: 8. Conclusion.