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Broadening the horizon of linguistic politeness /
This collection of 19 papers celebrates the coming of age of the field of politeness studies, now in its 30th year. It begins with an investigation of the meaning of politeness, especially linguistic politeness, and presents a short history of the field of linguistic politeness studies, showing how...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2005.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser., 139. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Broadening the Horizon of Linguistic Politeness; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; I. General overviews; Civility and its discontents*; How and why honorifics can signify dignity and elegance; Whither politeness; II. The theoretical perspective; Yoroshiku onegaishimasu; An argument for a frame-based approach to politeness; The significance of f̀ace' and politeness in social interaction as revealed through Thai 'face' idioms; III. The descriptive perspective.