Politeness Phenomena in England and Greece
A Cross-Cultural Perspective
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Product details:
- Publisher Clarendon Press
- Date of Publication 2 December 1999
- ISBN 9780198241324
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 215x138x16 mm
- Weight 367 g
- Language English
- Illustrations line drawings, tables 0
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Short description:
Drawing on a variety of sources, including literature, questionnaires, and personal observation, Maria Sifianou explores the principles underlying social interaction in both intracultural and intercultural contexts, and discusses the extent to which politeness is common to different cultures.
MoreLong description:
Politeness is crucial to successful communication and is consequently of great interest to those who study language and its social context. This book presents the first application of Brown and Levinson's ground-breaking theoretical work in a full-length comparative case-study. Maria Sifianou draws her data from a variety of sources, including literature (particularly drama), questionnaires, and personal observation. She attempts to discover the principles underlying social interaction in both intracultural and intercultural contexts, and discusses the extent to which the concept of politeness is common to different cultures. She argues that politeness is conceptualized differently and thus manifested differently in the two societies under study: Greeks tend to use more `positive' politeness devices than the English, who prefer more `negative' devices. Positive politeness is more closely related to friendliness, negative politeness to formality. Dr Sifianou's analysis illustrates and supports the general claim that, despite popular stereotypes, there can be no objective verification for the view that one nation is more polite than another.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction
Politeness: Setting the scene
Politeness: Cross-cultural perspectives
Perceptions of politeness
Speech act theory and politeness: Requests
Requests: Form and function
Requests: Modification
Conclusions
Appendices
References
Index
