Politeness in language studies in its history, theory, and practice / with a new introduction by Richard J. Watts ; edited by Richard J. Watts, Sachiko Ide, Konrad Ehlich.

Other author Watts, Richard J.
Other author Ide, Sachiko, 1939-
Other author Ehlich, Konrad, 1942-
Format Electronic
Edition2nd rev. and expanded ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Mouton de Gruyter,
Descriptionp. cm.
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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, Berverly Hill, Yukiko M. Carnes, Tsunao Ogino, and Akiko Kawasaki -- 12. Linguistic etiquette in Japanese society / Florian Coulmas -- 13. Politeness in Thai / Manfred Kummer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2005023519
ISBN3110185490 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN3110183005 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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