Discursive approaches to politeness /

Discursive approaches to politeness / edited by Linguistic Politeness Research Group. - Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 272 pages) - Mouton series in pragmatics ; 8 . - Mouton series in pragmatics ; 8. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: The Linguistic Politeness Research Group; Chapter 1 Discursive approaches to politeness and impoliteness; Chapter 2 "It's not what you said, it's how you said it!" Prosody and impoliteness; Chapter 3 The limits of politeness re-visited: Courtroom discourse as a case in point; Chapter 4 "No, like proper north": Re-drawing boundaries in an emergent community of practice; Chapter 5 Frontstage and backstage: Gordon Brown, the "bigoted woman" and im/politeness in the 2010 UK General Election. Chapter 6 'First order' and 'second order' politeness: Institutional and intercultural contextsChapter 7 Discursive histories, personalist ideology and judging intent: Analysing the metalinguistic discussion of Tony Blair'; Chapter 8 'Doing aphasia -- Are you with me?': Analysing face-work around issues of (non- )competence; Postscript; Index.

This collection of essays by the Linguistic Politeness Research Group represents the results of over a decade of the group's research, discussions, seminars and conferences on the subject of linguistic politeness. The volume brings together cutting edge essays reflecting the range of discursive approaches to the analysis of politeness and impoliteness.

9783110238679 (electronic bk.) 3110238675 (electronic bk.) 1283399539 9781283399531 (alk. paper) (alk. paper)


Politeness (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general--Honorific.
Formules de politesse.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Pragmatics.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Honorific.
Politeness (Linguistics)
Artighet--språk.
Mänskliga relationer.
Språkbruk.


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