Description |
1 online resource (x, 296 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Pragmatics & beyond,
0922-842X ;
new ser., v. 191
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., v. 191.
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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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Apologizing -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Apologizing. |
Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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Electronic books.
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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) |
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9027288895 (electronic book) |
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9789027254351 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9027254354 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
9786612395512 |
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