Edition |
2nd rev. and expanded ed |
Description |
xlvii, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-387 and indexes. |
Contents |
1. Intracultural tact versus intercultural tact / Richard W. Janney and Horst Arndt -- 2. Linguistic politeness and politic verbal behaviour: reconsidering claims for universality / Richard J. Watts -- 3. On the historicity of politeness / Konrad Ehlich -- 4. Literary texts and diachronic aspects of politeness / Roger D. Sell -- 5. Politeness in linguistic research / Gudrun Held -- 6. Traditional and modern views: the social constitution and power of politeness / Konrad T. Werkhofer -- 7. Secondhand politeness / Annelie Knapp-Potthoff -- 8. Between matter-of-factness and politeness / Judith Stalpers -- 9. Children's understanding of white lies / Sbine Walper and Renate Valtin -- 10. The metapragmatics of politeness in Israeli society / Shoshana Blum-Kulka -- 11. The concept of politeness: an empirical study of American English and Japanese / Sachiko Ide ... [et al.] -- 12. Linguistic etiquette in Japanese society / Florian Coulmas -- 13. Politeness in Thai / Manfred Kummer. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Subject |
Politeness (Linguistics)
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Added Author |
Watts, Richard J
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Ide, Sachiko, 1939-
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Ehlich, Konrad, 1942-
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ISBN |
3110185490 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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3110183005 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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