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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.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2005.Edition: 2nd rev. and expanded edDescription: 1 online resource (xlvii, 404 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110199819
  • 3110199815
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Politeness in language.DDC classification:
  • 306.44 22
LOC classification:
  • P299.H66 P6 2005
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  • ER 990
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Contents:
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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Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-387 and indexes.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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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