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Author Ogiermann, Eva.

Title On apologising in negative and positive politeness cultures / Eva Ogiermann.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 296 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser., v. 191
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., v. 191.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cross-cultural pragmatics -- The culture-specificity of politeness -- The speech act of apologising -- Literature review -- Methodological considerations -- Data collection -- Illocutionary force indicating devices: IFIDs -- Accounts -- Positive politeness apology strategies -- On the culture-specificity of apologies -- Conclusion.
Summary This book investigates how speakers of English, Polish and Russian deal with offensive situations. It reveals culture-specific perceptions of what counts as an apology and what constitutes politeness. It offers a critical discussion of Brown and Levinson's theory and provides counterevidence to the correlation between indirectness and politeness underlying their theory. Their theory is applied to two languages that rely less heavily on indirectness in conveying politeness than does English, and to a speech act that does not become more polite through indirectness. An analysis of the face consi.
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Subject Apologizing -- Cross-cultural studies.
Apologizing.
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
Added Title On apologizing in negative and positive politeness cultures
Other Form: Print version: Ogiermann, Eva. On apologising in negative and positive politeness cultures. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009 9789027254351 (DLC) 2009030324 (OCoLC)427704568
ISBN 9789027288899 (electronic book)
9027288895 (electronic book)
9789027254351 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9027254354 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 9786612395512