Author: Richard J. Watt
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: sociolinguistics, topics, key, politeness
Number of Pages: 318
Published: 2003-10-13
List price: $37.99
ISBN-10: 0521794064
ISBN-13: 9780521794060

Using a wide range of data from real-life speech situations, this introduction to politeness theory breaks away from the limitations of current models. It argues that the proper object of study in politeness theory must be "common sense" definitions of politeness and impoliteness. Richard Watts concludes that a more appropriate model, based on Bourdieu’s concept of social practice, can thus be developed.Book DescriptionDuring the last fifteen years, existing models of linguistic politeness have generated a huge amount of empirical research. Using a wide range of data from real-life speec

Author: Leo Hickey
Publisher: Multilingual Matter
Keywords: matters, multilingual, europe, politeness
Number of Pages: 334
Published: 2005-04-06
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1853597376
ISBN-13: 9781853597374

Politeness as practised across 22 European societies, firmly set within critical debates developed since the 1980s, is here presented in ways related to concrete situations in which language-users interact with one another to achieve their goals. Areas covered include types of politeness, forms of address, negotiation and "small-talk" in various contexts.

Author: Lucia Raatma
Publisher: Capstone Press(MN)
Keywords: education, character, politeness
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2000-08
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0736846840
ISBN-13: 9780736846844

These basic messages have immeasurable impact. Help teach children the right way to behave in everyday situations by exploring these important values.

Author: Jon Hall
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: letters, cicero, politics, politeness
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2009-05-06
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0195329066
ISBN-13: 9780195329063

Politeness and Politics in Cicero’s Letters presents a fresh examination of the letters exchanged between Cicero and correspondents, such as Pompey, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony during the final turbulent decades of the Roman Republic. Drawing upon sociolinguistic theories of politeness, it argues that formal relationships between powerful members of the elite were constrained by distinct conventions of courtesy and etiquette. By examining in detail these linguistic conventions of politeness, Jon Hall presents new insights into the social manners that shaped aristocratic relationships.

Author: Sara Mills
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: sociolinguistics, interactional, studies, politeness, gender
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2003-08-11
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 0521009197
ISBN-13: 9780521009195

Challenging the notion that women are necessarily always more polite than men (as language and gender literature claim), Sara Mills discusses the complex relationship between gender and politeness. Mills argues that, although women speakers, drawing on stereotypes of femininity, can appear to be acting more politely than men, there are many circumstances where women will act as "impolitely" as men.

Author: et al Richard J. Watts (Editor)
Publisher: Walter De Gruyter Inc
Keywords: theory, practice, history, studies, language, politeness
Number of Pages: 404
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 3110185490
ISBN-13: 9783110185492

The second edition of this collection of 13 original papers contains an updated introductory section detailing the significance that the original articles published in 1992 have for the further development of research into linguistic politeness into the 21st century. The original articles focus on the phenomenon of politeness in language. They present the most important problems in developing a theory of linguistic politeness, which must deal with the crucial differences between lay notions of politeness in different cultures and the term ’politeness’ as a concept within a theory o

Author: Kate Beeching
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Keywords: pragmatics, new, series, french, particles, politeness, pragmatic, gender
Number of Pages: 246
Published: 2003-03
List price: $165.00
ISBN-10: 158811256X
ISBN-13: 9781588112569