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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814155703321

Autore

Geyer Naomi

Titolo

Discourse and politeness : ambivalent face in Japanese / / Naomi Geyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2008

ISBN

1-282-45220-7

9786612452208

1-4411-5073-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

495.6/5

Soggetti

Japanese language - Discourse analysis

Emotive (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Politeness, face, and identity -- Analyzing facework -- Collaborative disagreement -- Teasing and humor -- Talking about troubles -- The meeting: facework in description and discourse organization -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Discourse and Politeness examines Japanese institutional discourse and attempts to clarify the relationship between politeness, facework and speaker identity. The book seeks to establish an empirically grounded analysis of facework as the basis for evaluating politeness, and describes facework in delicate situations such as disagreement, teasing and talking about troubles, which have rarely been discussed in politeness studies. Insightful and cutting-edge, this research monograph will be of interest to researchers in discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and Japanese language.