Screen LibraryInterpersonal pragmatics /
This handbook focuses on the interpersonal aspects of language in use, exploring key concepts such as face, im/politeness, identity, or gender, as well as mitigation, respect/deference, and humour in a variety of settings. The volume includes theoretical overviews as well as empirical studies from e...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ;Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2010] ©2010 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Handbooks of pragmatics [hops] ;
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110214338 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110214338.jpg |
| Summary: |
This handbook focuses on the interpersonal aspects of language in use, exploring key concepts such as face, im/politeness, identity, or gender, as well as mitigation, respect/deference, and humour in a variety of settings. The volume includes theoretical overviews as well as empirical studies from experts in a range of disciplines within linguistics and communication studies and provides a multifaceted perspective on both theoretical and applied approaches to the role of language in relational work. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (509pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110214338 |
| Index Number: | P94 |
| CLC: | H030 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- 1. Introduction to interpersonal pragmatics -- Part I: Theoretical approaches to interpersonal pragmatics -- 2. Linguistic politeness: Laying the foundations -- 3. Linguistic politeness theory and its aftermath: Recent research trails -- 4. Politeness in East Asia -- 5. Researching impoliteness and rudeness: Issues and definitions -- 6. Relating -- 7. Social cognition -- 8. The negotiation of identities -- 9. Gender and interpersonal pragmatics -- Part II: Linguistic strategies for interpersonal effects -- 10. Mitigation -- 11. Respect and deference -- 12. Swearing -- 13. Humour -- Part III: Interpersonal issues in different contexts -- 14. Interpersonal issues in the workplace -- 15. Interpersonal issues in court: Rebellion, resistance and other ways of behaving badly -- 16. Interpersonal issues in health discourse -- 17. Interpersonal issues in political discourse -- 18. Interpersonal issues in the discourse of dating ads -- Backmatter |