Politeness phenomena in England and Greece: a cross-cultural perspective
Politeness is crucial to successful communication and is consequently of great interest to those who study language in 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 dr...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Politeness is crucial to successful communication and is consequently of great interest to those who study language in 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. |
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CONTENTS
Note on Abbreviations and Symbols xi
1 INTRODUCTION '
1.1 Content and Organization 1
1.2 Data for the Study of Politeness 3
i.z.i Introduction 3
1.2.2 Drama 5
1.2.3 Questionnaires 9
2 POLITENESS: SETTING THE SCENE I2
2.1 Introduction ll
2.2 T/?e Co operative Principle and the Maxims of
Conversation ' 4
2.3 T/?e R«/es of Politeness zo
2.4 T/?e Max/ws of Politeness z(
2.5 A Model for Strategic Interaction 3'
2.5. r Gree/^ culture and the notion of face 4°
3 POLITENESS: CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES 44
3. / The Question of Universality in Language 44
].2 Universality of Politeness 4S
3.? Politeness across Cultures 49
i 4 Social Detxts "^
? S" Forms of Address ^ '
4 PERCEPTIONS OF POLITENESS ~4
4. ( Non verbal Communication and Politeness ~4
4.2 Acquisition of Polite Expression ~S
4.3 Formality and Politeness
4.4 Urbanity and Politeness .'.
4.5 An Attempt at a Definition of Politeness Sl
4.5./ Native speakers'concepts of politeness « "¦
4.6 Concluding Remarks 9'
x Contents
5 jSPEECH ACT THEORY AND POLITENESS: REQUESTS 95
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/ 5 i Introduction 95
/ 5.2 The Speech Act of Requesting 98
5.2.1 Prominence devices ioz
5.2.2 The politeness of indirect requests no
5.3 The Notion of Request 121
6 REQUESTS: FORM AND FUNCTION 125
6.1 Imperatives 125
6.2 Interrogatives 137
6.2.1 Modals 144
6.3 Negatives 146
6.4 Declaratives 149
6.5 Elliptical Constructions 152
7 REQUESTS: MODIFICATION 157
7.1 Introduction 157
7.2 Internal Modification 158
7.2.1 Openers 158
7.2.2 Hedges 164
7.2.3 Fillers 179
7.3 External Modification 182
7.3.1 Commitment seeking devices 183
7.3.2 Reinforcing devices 184
7.4 Concluding Remarks 197
8 CONCLUSIONS 2OO
S. r Further Supportive Evidence 200
#.2 Implications for Language Learning and Teaching 202
#. 3 Implications for Future Research Z09
8.4 Final Concluding Remarks 214
appendix 1 Plays Used as Data 220
appendix 11 Questionnaires 225
REFERENCES 231
INDEX 247 |
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