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A critical evaluation of Politeness research in English and German

Author : Friederike Brons
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656110344
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (561 download)

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Book Synopsis A critical evaluation of Politeness research in English and German by : Friederike Brons

Download or read book A critical evaluation of Politeness research in English and German written by Friederike Brons and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, University of Wuppertal (Anglistik/Amerikanistik), language: English, abstract: As a way of establishing a general framework of the development of politeness research, I will give an overview of different theories: the first being the conversationalist maxim view, including the work of Grice, Lakoff and Leech; and the second being the face- saving view of politeness, including Brown and Levinson's model. Then, I will investigate how politeness is realised in German and English. For this purpose, I will firstly consider cultural specificities that determine linguistic politeness, examining dimensions of cross- cultural difference as proposed by Juliane House and critically evaluate these dimensions. Secondly, I will look at how politeness is reflected in the realisation of the speech act of request, drawing on results from a contrastive study on politeness markers by Juliane House and Gabriele Kasper. These will subsequently be compared to findings gained in other empirical works. Following the critical evaluation, I will also take a closer look at the significant role of modal particles in the modification of requests in order to account for some of the prevalent linguistic choices observed in the contrastive study. Finally, the paper ends with a summarising conclusion.

A Critical Evaluation of Politeness Research in English and German

Author : Friederike Brons
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656110573
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (561 download)

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Book Synopsis A Critical Evaluation of Politeness Research in English and German by : Friederike Brons

Download or read book A Critical Evaluation of Politeness Research in English and German written by Friederike Brons and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, University of Wuppertal (Anglistik/Amerikanistik), language: English, abstract: As a way of establishing a general framework of the development of politeness research, I will give an overview of different theories: the first being the conversationalist maxim view, including the work of Grice, Lakoff and Leech; and the second being the face- saving view of politeness, including Brown and Levinson's model. Then, I will investigate how politeness is realised in German and English. For this purpose, I will firstly consider cultural specificities that determine linguistic politeness, examining dimensions of cross- cultural difference as proposed by Juliane House and critically evaluate these dimensions. Secondly, I will look at how politeness is reflected in the realisation of the speech act of request, drawing on results from a contrastive study on politeness markers by Juliane House and Gabriele Kasper. These will subsequently be compared to findings gained in other empirical works. Following the critical evaluation, I will also take a closer look at the significant role of modal particles in the modification of requests in order to account for some of the prevalent linguistic choices observed in the contrastive study. Finally, the paper ends with a summarising conclusion.

Politeness in Language

Author : Richard J. Watts
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110886545
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Politeness in Language by : Richard J. Watts

Download or read book Politeness in Language written by Richard J. Watts and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 13 original papers focuses on the phenomenon of politeness in language. It presents the most important problems in developing a theory of linguistic politeness, which must deal with the crucial differences between lay notions of politeness in different cultures and the term ‘politeness’ as a concept within a theory of linguistic politeness. The universal validity of the term itself is called into question, as are models such as those developed by Brown and Levinson, Lakoff, and Leech. New approaches are suggested. In addition to this theoretical discussion, an empirical section presents a number of case studies and research projects in linguistic politeness. These show what has been achieved within current models and what still remains to be done, in particular with reference to cross-cultural studies in politeness and differences between a Western and a non-Western approach to the subject.

Politeness in Europe

Author : Leo Hickey
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 9781853597374
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (973 download)

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Download or read book Politeness in Europe written by Leo Hickey and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politeness as practised across 22 European societies, firmly set within critical debates developed since the 1980s, is here presented in ways related to concrete situations in which language-users interact with one another to achieve their goals. Areas covered include types of politeness, forms of address, negotiation and small-talk in various contexts.

A Critique of Politeness Theory

Author : Gino Eelen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317641388
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book A Critique of Politeness Theory written by Gino Eelen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a sociolinguistic phenomenon that connects language and its users to the social world that surrounds them, politeness can provide insights into the very structure of social reality and the process by which it is established and maintained. And through its focus on ethical aspects of social interaction, it can expose the fundamental nature and the inner workings of morality in our everyday lives. Although a highly specific subject matter, politeness therefore touches on issues far beyond its immediate borders. In a critical state-of-the-art review of the field, this book examines the extent to which the potential impact of politeness has been explored so far. Through a metatheoretical analysis of epistemological, methodological, social and psychological ideologies prevalent in mainstream politeness theory, it offers an overview of sociolinguistic thinking about language and social reality during the past quarter of a century. Eelen's analysis of the literature reveals a coherent and consistent ideology underlying the entire field, but also shows how this ideology has caused scientific theory to miss out on many important aspects of the reality of everyday life. His examination of the relationship between science and commonsense thinking, between scientific and everyday notions of politeness, draws attention to issues which remain untouched by current theoretical models and opens up avenues of research hitherto left unexplored.

A Contrastive Analysis of Politeness

Author : Juliane Behm
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 364011857X
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)

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Book Synopsis A Contrastive Analysis of Politeness by : Juliane Behm

Download or read book A Contrastive Analysis of Politeness written by Juliane Behm and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-07-25 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Rostock (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: Contrastive Linguistics - German and English, language: English, abstract: Social interaction, especially in the form of verbal communication, constitutes one of the most important parts of human life by influencing conversations between individuals and shaping their interpersonal relationships. During the development of civilized societies people have established norms and values describing socially appropriate behaviour as well as specific conversational strategies and linguistic formulae which are generally considered to be ‘polite’ in a particular culture and context. When being asked to judge a person as ‘polite’ almost everyone has his own concept of politeness in mind, ranging from showing good manners, such as allowing women to go ahead, to politely asking other people for a favour such as lending lecture notes, by using specific linguistic formulae. Therefore, politeness cannot only be shown in people’s way of behaviour towards each other but particularly in the use of language and specific linguistic devices in speech acts like requests, refusals, apologies, thanking as well as greeting and parting. On the basis of a general understanding of polite behaviour people consider their fellow-beings as being either well-behaved and respectful or rude and ill-mannered in social interactions. However, people do not assess other people’s behaviour in the same way since their individual understanding of politeness varies quite considerably. Depending on factors like the situation and their relationship with the conversational partner people evaluate polite behaviour differently from being socially appropriate, considerate, and respectful to even hypocritical and insincere when they feel that some people overdo their friendliness.

Impoliteness in Language

Author : Derek Bousfield
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110208342
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Impoliteness in Language written by Derek Bousfield and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume addresses the enormous imbalance that exists between academic interest in politeness phenomena when compared to impoliteness phenomena. Researchers working with Brown and Levinson's ([1978] 1987) seminal work on politeness rarely focused explicitly on impoliteness. As a result, only one aspect of facework/relational work has been studied in detail. Next to this research desideratum, politeness research is on the move again, with alternative conceptions of politeness to those of Brown and Levinson being further developed. In this volume researchers present, discuss and explore the concept of linguistic impoliteness, the crucial differences and interconnectedness between lay understandings of impoliteness and the academic concept within a theory of facework/relational work, as well as the exercise of power that is involved when impoliteness occurs. The authors offer solid discussions of the theoretical issues involved and draw on data from political interaction, interaction with legally constituted authorities, workplace interaction in the factory and the office, code-switching and Internet practices. The collection offers inspiration for research on impoliteness in many different research fields, such as (critical) discourse analysis, conversation analysis, pragmatics and stylistics, as well as linguistic approaches to studies in conflict and conflict resolution.

Politeness in English and German: a contrastive study

Author : Svetla Rogatcheva
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638314251
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (383 download)

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Book Synopsis Politeness in English and German: a contrastive study by : Svetla Rogatcheva

Download or read book Politeness in English and German: a contrastive study written by Svetla Rogatcheva and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2004-10-11 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1.7 (A-), University of Bayreuth (UB Bayreuth), course: Contrastive Linguistics, language: English, abstract: Almo st all linguistic research views politeness as a universal feature of civilized societies, regardless of their background culture, or their language. Politeness is thus seen as an important social or ‘urbane’ value, inherent to successful communication, although its realization may vary across the different speech communities. Politeness offers a good way of emotional control of the individual (House and Kasper, 1981: 158), and is typically means of preserving and maintaining good social relationship between the speakers of one or more cultures. Polite behaviour generally protects the individual, as well as their addressee, and often becomes subject matter of self- help books on etiquette, especially in cases when people belong to a specific hierarchy (roya l court, business company etc). The verbal realization of politeness poses even greater problems when the interlocutors belong to different cultures and try to communicate, transferring their pragmatic knowledge of polite behaviour into the foreign langua ge. Lack of practice and the learners’ concern with rendering correctly the foreign language’s grammatical structures in the first place often lead to misunderstandings, or the so-called ‘socio-pragmatic failures’ (Thomas, 1983)- ‘ errors resulting from no n- native speakers not knowing what to say or not saying the appropriate things as a result of transferring incongruent social rules, values and belief systems from their native languages and cultures’. These types of errors are likely to cause a downright insult for both the non- native and the native speakers of a certain language, the native speakers misunderstanding and misinterpreting the intentions of the non- native speaker, and the nonnative speakers being over-sensitive to ‘distinctions of grammatical form’ (Brown and Levinson 1996: 35), in a way the native speakers are not. In any case, being polite is essential to maintaining healthy social relations within a specific culture, and even more so, for the communication across cultures. Cross-cultural communication offers a wide field for research, as the socio-pragmatic failure of one speaker of a certain community tends to be stereotyped for the whole community (Knapp-Potthoff 1992: 203), consequently labeling a nation as rude, over-polite, insincere etc. [...]

Politeness in German and in English. Differences in the everyday language

Author : Leonie Quicker
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3346867277
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (468 download)

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Book Synopsis Politeness in German and in English. Differences in the everyday language by : Leonie Quicker

Download or read book Politeness in German and in English. Differences in the everyday language written by Leonie Quicker and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2023-05-08 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Paderborn, language: English, abstract: In this term paper, the main differences between English and German in terms of politeness will be further explained and analysed, based on the use of the politeness markers "Bitte" and "Please". There appear to be an assumption that Germans use more often the direct and unfriendly approach while requesting something from someone, whereas English tend to indirectly ask the other person to do something by using a more formal and polite way. This possible difference may lead to problems especially for Germans while learning English, since they may appear rude without even knowing the reason. However, this term paper shall prove whether this thesis is true or not by analysing 100 samples from the English and German corpus each and comparing those results with different data and studies. In our everyday life, we try to avoid conflicts and misunderstandings as much as we possibly can to protect our own image and the one we are talking to. However, the inevitability of such problems causes people to be excessively tactful in order to maintain a positive communication with other people. But the tactfulness may differ depending on several circumstances, for example its cultural surroundings. While it is possible to use the third singular and third plural form "you" to speak to a higher standing person in English, there is a difference in German when using "Du" and "Sie". This issue and other different aspects can lead to difficulties of intercultural communication or even by starting to learn a new foreign language. This is why this subject is important to understand in order to talk to people appropriately and accordingly, so that miscommunication can be minimized as much as possible. Even if you can speak a language perfectly, there is still a possibility that you will be misunderstood.

Politeness

Author : Penelope Brown
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521313551
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Politeness written by Penelope Brown and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-02-27 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the principles for constructing polite speeches, based on the detailed study of three unrelated languages and cultures.

Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures

Author : Sara Mills
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137340398
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures written by Sara Mills and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the complex relationship between directness, indirectness, politeness and impoliteness. Definitions of directness and indirectness are discussed and problematised from a discursive theoretical perspective.

Understanding Politeness

Author : Dániel Z. Kádár
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107031680
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Politeness written by Dániel Z. Kádár and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking exploration navigates the reader through the fascinating area of politeness. With its reader-friendly style, carefully constructed exercises and useful glossary, Understanding Politeness will be welcomed by both researchers and postgraduate students working on politeness, pragmatics and sociolinguistics.

Methodology in Politeness Research

Author : Elena Landone
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031091612
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Methodology in Politeness Research written by Elena Landone and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents overviews on the specific methods for the study of verbal politeness, which is deeply and constantly involved in our social life. The text offers an original and specific synthesis of traditional and innovative methods for the study of politeness as we conceive it today: as a complex system between the individual microcosm (psychological and cognitive) and the social macrocosm (cultural and relational). The author addresses theoretical and academic issues while exploring various critical points for the future of politeness studies. The reader is provided with a coherent network, which crosses between theory, methods and tools for research. The network results in a wide range of model research that facilitates the practical understanding of the potential for each data collection technique. This monograph offers representative examples of studies of various languages and cultures and appeals to students, researchers and professionals within the field.

Situated Politeness

Author : Bethan L. Davies
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441159495
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Situated Politeness written by Bethan L. Davies and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-07-21 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: >

From Speech Acts to Lay Understandings of Politeness

Author : Eva Ogiermann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107198054
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis From Speech Acts to Lay Understandings of Politeness by : Eva Ogiermann

Download or read book From Speech Acts to Lay Understandings of Politeness written by Eva Ogiermann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrates the latest trends in politeness research from a multilingual and multicultural perspective, through the application of diverse methodologies.

English Politeness and Class

Author : Sara Mills
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107116066
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book English Politeness and Class written by Sara Mills and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing account of politeness in conversation, focusing on the vital role it plays in maintaining class differences.

Intercultural Politeness

Author : Helen Spencer-Oatey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107176220
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Intercultural Politeness written by Helen Spencer-Oatey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this is the first book to systemise the processes by which we manage relations across cultures.