Politeness in language : studies in its history, theory and practice /

Politeness in language : studies in its history, theory and practice / with a new introduction by Richard J. Watts ; edited by Richard J. Watts, Sachiko Ide, Konrad Ehlich. - 2nd rev. and expanded ed. - Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2005. - 1 online resource (xlvii, 404 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-387 and indexes. Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Intracultural tact versus intercultural tact / Richard W. Janney and Horst Arndt -- 2. Linguistic politeness and politic verbal behaviour: reconsidering claims for universality / Richard J. Watts -- 3. On the historicity of politeness / Konrad Ehlich -- 4. Literary texts and diachronic aspects of politeness / Roger D. Sell -- 5. Politeness in linguistic research / Gudrun Held -- 6. Traditional and modern views: the social constitution and power of politeness / Konrad T. Werkhofer -- 7. Secondhand politeness / Annelie Knapp-Potthoff -- 8. Between matter-of-factness and politeness / Judith Stalpers -- 9. Children's understanding of white lies / Sabine Walper and Renate Valtin -- 10. The metapragmatics of politeness in Israeli society / Shoshana Blum-Kulka -- 11. The concept of politeness: an empirical study of American English and Japanese / Sachiko Ide [and others] -- 12. Linguistic etiquette in Japanese society / Florian Coulmas -- 13. Politeness in Thai / Manfred Kummer.

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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 had for the further development of research into linguistic politeness into the 21st century. The original articles present both the most important problems in developing a theory of linguistic politeness and a number of case studies and research projects. Key Features: Ideal as an introductory text to politeness research, one of the basic topics in applied linguistics. The new introduction by Richard Watts covers rece.


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Politeness (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general--Honorific.
Politesse (Linguistique)
Formules de politesse.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Sociolinguistics.
Politeness (Linguistics)


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