Politeness

Klappentext This study is about the principles for constructing polite speech. Zusammenfassung This book studies the principles for constructing polite speeches! based on the detailed study of three unrelated languages and cultures. The authors describe and account for some remarkable parallelisms in the linguistic construction of utterances with which people express themselves in different languages and cultures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Symbols and abbreviations; Foreword John J. Gumperz; Introduction to the reissue; Notes; 1. Introduction; 2. Summarized argument; 3. The argument: intuitive bases and derivative definitions; 4. On the nature of the model; 5. Realizations of politeness strategies in language; 6. Derivative hypotheses; 7. Sociological implications; 8. Implications for language studies; 9. Conclusions; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index.

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• Autori: Penelope Brown, Penelope (Max-Planck-Institut fur Psycholinguistik Brown, Penelope Levinson, Stephen C. Levinson, Stephen C. (Max-Planck-Institut fur Psycholinguistik Levinson, Steven Levinson
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.02.1987
• EAN: 9780521313551
• ISBN: 978-0-521-31355-1
• Dimensioni: 138 mm x 215 mm x 18 mm
• Serie: Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics; Studies in Interactional Socio; Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese