Discourse and Politeness: Ambivalent Face in Japanese

by Naomi Geyer

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826497810
• ISBN13: 9780826497819
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"