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Author_Gino Eelen
behaviour
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Conceptual Bias
critical evaluation of politeness theories
cultural
Cybernetic Hierarchy
discourse pragmatics
empirical
Empirical Variability
epistemological frameworks
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etiquette
Evaluative Moment
Hearer's Evaluation
Hearer’s Evaluation
Impolite Behaviour
Impolite Beliefs
Interpersonal Equilibrium
Interpersonal Politeness
language ideology studies
Levinson's Framework
Levinson's Model
Levinson’s Framework
Levinson’s Model
manuals
metatheoretical critique
Non-politic Behaviour
Ordinary Speakers
Politeness Evaluations
Politeness Models
Politeness Research
Politeness Rules
Politeness Strategies
Politeness System
Relative Politeness
research
rules
social interaction norms
sociolinguistic analysis
Speaker Behaviour
Speaker Hearer Relationship
strategies
system
Tact Maxim
variability
Vice Versa
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781900650410
- Weight: 710g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Feb 2001
- Publisher: St Jerome Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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As a sociolinguistic phenomenon that connects language and its users to the social world that surrounds them, politeness can provide insights into the very structure of social reality and the process by which it is established and maintained. And through its focus on ethical aspects of social interaction, it can expose the fundamental nature and the inner workings of morality in our everyday lives. Although a highly specific subject matter, politeness therefore touches on issues far beyond its immediate borders. In a critical state-of-the-art review of the field, this book examines the extent to which the potential impact of politeness has been explored so far. Through a metatheoretical analysis of epistemological, methodological, social and psychological ideologies prevalent in mainstream politeness theory, it offers an overview of sociolinguistic thinking about language and social reality during the past quarter of a century. Eelen's analysis of the literature reveals a coherent and consistent ideology underlying the entire field, but also shows how this ideology has caused scientific theory to miss out on many important aspects of the reality of everyday life. His examination of the relationship between science and commonsense thinking, between scientific and everyday notions of politeness, draws attention to issues which remain untouched by current theoretical models and opens up avenues of research hitherto left unexplored.
