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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817327703321

Autore

Davies Bethan L

Titolo

Situated politeness [[electronic resource] /] / Bethan L. Davies, Michael Haugh and Andrew John Merrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum, 2011

ISBN

1-283-12267-7

9786613122674

1-4411-4265-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HaughMichael

MerrisonAndrew John

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Politeness (Linguistics)

Courtesy

Etiquette

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Politeness in institutional settings -- pt. 2. Politeness in interpersonal settings -- pt. 3. Politeness in public settings.

Sommario/riassunto

Pragmatic and sociolinguistic analyses of im/politeness have usually been dependent on context and cultural frames of reference. This new study approaches the concept from an original perspective, namely situatedness. Although politeness research often concentrates on examining how speeches or discourses themselves are situated with regards to different places and contexts, the focus on just one situation, and various text types within it, can also be of value. Situated Politeness is concerned with disentangling the factors which govern our behaviour within a given social context as well as ac