{"product_id":"interactional-explanation-and-politeness","title":"Interactional Explanation and Politeness","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the pragmatic concept of interactional explanation (IE) in linguistic (im)politeness research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume establishes a working understanding of IE, understood as the response to a perceived appeal for information in an interaction. This book considers how IE is pragmatically sought, given, interpreted, and evaluated \u003cb\u003ein \u003c\/b\u003einteractions, processes which give rise to linguistic (im)politeness. This book highlights two case studies on Chinese linguacultural nuances, building on the foundational work of Brown and Levinson and more recent contribu-tions of Chen. \u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003eshowcasing this particular context, Ning not only extends Chen's work on self-politeness theory, in which the desire to \"save face\" impacts what and how one speaks, but also underscores the importance of studying linguacultural variations \u003cb\u003ein \u003c\/b\u003eorder to deepen our understanding of the connections between IE and linguistic (im)politeness research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to students and researchers interested in interac-tional phenomena, in such areas as pragmatics, language and communication, and second and foreign language and teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56550907904344,"sku":"9781032963884","price":68.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032963884.jpg?v=1780118126","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/interactional-explanation-and-politeness","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}