Discourse and Politeness: Ambivalent Face in Japanese / Edition 1

by Naomi Geyer

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.

Insightful and cutting-edge, this research monograph will be of interest to researchers in discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and Japanese language.
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.

Insightful and cutting-edge, this research monograph will be of interest to researchers in discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and Japanese language.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826497819
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/06/2008
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Naomi Geyer is Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Linguistics, Department of East Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Politeness, Face and Identity
3. Analyzing Facework
4. Collective Disagreement
5. Teasing and Humour
6. Talking about Troubles
7. The Meeting
8. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

'This book makes a valuable, explicit contribution to the discussion of this contentious issue. Consequently, it will be useful recommended reading in discourse analysis courses, and a valuable resource for researchers in this area, as well as for those interested in the socio-pragmatic aspects of interaction in Japanese.' Journal of Sociolinguistics, February 2009

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