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Gender, politeness and pragmatic particles in French /

This study aims to investigate politeness in women's and men's speech, with a particular focus on the use of c'est-à-dire, enfin, hein and quoi in contemporary spoken French. Politeness is defined as going beyond the notion of the face-threatening act, englobing both everyday ideas o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beeching, Kate
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2002.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 104.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This study aims to investigate politeness in women's and men's speech, with a particular focus on the use of c'est-à-dire, enfin, hein and quoi in contemporary spoken French. Politeness is defined as going beyond the notion of the face-threatening act, englobing both everyday ideas of politeness and the creation of sociability in face-to-face interaction.The pragmatic particles studied are demonstrated to serve both psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic purposes: they lubricate reformulation and contribute to both sociability and social indexation.The study, whi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource ([ix], 246 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.
ISBN:9789027296207
9027296200
9781588112569
158811256X