Discourse and Politeness: Ambivalent Face in Japanese
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Discourse and Politeness: Ambivalent Face in Japanese
By (Author) Dr Naomi Geyer
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
6th January 2008
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Sociolinguistics
495.65
Physical Properties
Hardback
226
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Discourse and Politeness examines Japanese institutional discourse and attempts to clarify the relationship between politeness, facework and speaker identity. The book seeks to establish an empirically grounded analysis of facework as the basis for evaluating politeness, and describes facework in delicate situations such as disagreement, teasing and talking about troubles, which have rarely been discussed in politeness studies.
Insightful and cutting-edge, this research monograph will be of interest to researchers in discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and Japanese language.
Reviews
"This book makes a valuable, explicit contribution to the discussion of this contentious issue. Consequently, it will be useful recommended reading in discourse analysis courses, and a valuable resource for researchers in this area, as well as for those interested in the socio-pragmatic aspects of interaction in Japanese." - Janet Holmes, Journal of Sociolinguistics, 13/2/2009. -- J. Holmes * Journal of Sociolinguistics *
Author Bio
Naomi Geyer is Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Linguistics, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
