Politeness in Mexico and the United States : a contrastive study of the realization and perception of refusals / / J. Cesar Felix-Brasdefer

• Autore: Felix-Brasdefer J. Cesar
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetto topico: Politeness (Linguistics) - Mexico; Politeness (Linguistics) - United States; Speech acts (Linguistics); Interpersonal relations
• Classificazione: ER 990
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Politeness in Mexico and the United States -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- List of figures and tables -- Figures -- Tables -- Transcription conventions -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The scope of politeness -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Origins of polite behavior: Past to present -- 1.3 The politeness1 vs politeness2 distinction -- 1.4 Grice's cooperative principle and the maxim of politeness -- 1.5 Face/facework, politeness, and relational work -- 1.6 Concluding remarks -- 2. Speech acts in context -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Speech act theory -- 2.3 Speech act theory as an approach for examining speech act sequences -- 2.4 Speech acts in context -- 2.5 The speech act of refusals -- 2.6 Concluding remarks -- 3. Methodology and organization of the study -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Methodological issues: Data collection methods in pragmatics research -- 3.3 Organization of the current study -- 3.4 Pilot study -- 3.5 Data collection procedures for the current study -- 3.6 Pragmatic strategies as manifestations of relational work -- 3.7 Data analysis -- 4. Results -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Refusal strategies as manifestations of relational work -- 4.3 Individual variability and speech act production -- 4.4 Face systems and situational variation -- 4.5 Internal modification of the refusal sequence: Expressions of epistemic modality -- 4.6 Concluding remarks -- 5. Results -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Cognition: Attention to linguistic and sociocultural information -- 5.3 Perception of directness or indirectness -- 5.4 Perception regarding an insistence in the act of declining an invitation -- 5.5 Concluding remarks -- 6. Conclusions and discussion -- 6.1 Introductory remarks -- 6.2 The negotiation of a refusal and face systems -- 6.3 Insistence as a discourse strategy. ; 6.4 The discourse function of epistemic expressions: Internal modification of a refusal -- 6.5 Perceptions of politeness -- 6.6 The notion of 'face' in Mexico -- 6.7 Refusals across languages -- 6.8 Issues on research methodology and implications for future research -- References -- appendix -- Appendix IA. Role plays (Americans) -- Appendix IB. Role plays (Mexicans) -- Author index -- Subject index -- The Pragmatics & -- Beyond New Series.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the issue of politeness phenomena and socially appropriate behavior in two societies, Mexico and the United States, in three different contexts: refusing invitations, requests, and suggestions. In addition to a state-of-the-art review of the speech act of refusals in numerous languages, the book provides a rigorous analysis of data collection methods utilized to examine speech act behavior at the production and perception levels. Many examples of native speaker interactions illustrate the similarities and differences observed in the realization patterns and the perception of refusals by Mexicans and Americans in formal and informal situations. The data are analyzed in terms of refusal sequences and pragmatic strategies which are strategically used to carry out relational work during the negotiation of face. The results of the quantitative and qualitative analyses are interpreted in light of the notions of face, politeness, and relational work in Mexico and the United States. This publication will be of interest to researchers and students in pragmatics and discourse analysis, cross-cultural communication, and sociology.
• Titolo autorizzato: Politeness in Mexico and the United States
• ISBN: 9786612152115; 9781282152113; 1282152114; 9789027291448; 9027291446
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910958930603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pragmatics & beyond ; ; v. 171.