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Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage

by Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson
Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage

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ISBN13: 9780521313551
ISBN10: 0521313554



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This study is about the principles for constructing polite speeches. The core of it first appeared in Questions and Politeness, edited by Esther N. Goody (now out of print). It is here reissued with a fresh introduction that surveys the considerable literature in linguistics, psychology and the social sciences that the original extended essay stimulated, and suggests distinct directions for research. 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. A motive for these parallels is isolated - politeness, broadly defined to include both polite friendliness and polite formality - and a universal model is constructed outlining the abstract principles underlying polite usages. This is based on the detailed study of three unrelated languages and cultures: the Tamil of South India, the Tzeltal spoken by Mayan Indians in Chiapas, Mexico, and the English of the USA and England, supplemented by examples from other cultures. Underneath the apparent diversity of polite behaviour in different societies lie some general pan-human principles of social interaction, and the model of politeness provides a tool for analysing the quality of social relations in any society. This volume will be of special interest to students in linguistic pragmatics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, anthropology, and the sociology and social psychology of interaction.

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It has continued to inspire empirical work as 'the' source on politeness and, more generally, as an important exemplar in the study of the relationship between language and society. In addition, the broad scope of their treatment of these concerns has created a work in which many, if not most, of the assumptions guiding the contemporary study of language use are to found." Douglas G. Glick, Semiotica (1996)

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A new introduction surveys the considerable literature in linguistics, psychology and social sciences that the original essay on the phenomenon of politeness stimulated.

Table of Contents

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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ISBN:
9780521313551
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
02/27/1987
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Series info:
Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics
Language:
English
Pages:
358
Height:
.70IN
Width:
5.40IN
Thickness:
1.10 in.
LCCN:
86023255
Series:
Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics
Series Number:
4
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
1987
Series Volume:
0004
UPC Code:
2800521313553
Author:
John J. Gumperz
Editor:
Paul Drew
Author:
Stephen C. Levinson
Author:
John L. Gumperz
Author:
Paul Drew
Author:
Penelope Brown
Subject:
Conversaciâon
Subject:
Pragmatics
Subject:
Universals (linguistics)
Subject:
Speech acts
Subject:
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Subject:
Sociolinguistics
Subject:
Habla, Actos del
Subject:
Conversation
Subject:
Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics
Subject:
Social interaction

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