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Summary
Summary
This is the first edited collection to examine politeness in a wide range of diverse cultures. Most essays draw on empirical data from a wide variety of languages, including some key-languages in politeness research, such as English, and Japanese, as well as some lesser-studied languages, such as Georgian.
Author Notes
Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini is Honorary Assistant Professor in the Centre of Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, UK. She has a long-standing research interest in intercultural communication and intercultural pragmatics. Recent publications include an edited volume on Face, Communication and Social Interaction (2009) and a special journal issue on Face in Interaction (2010), both with Michael Haugh.
Dniel Z. Kdr is Research Fellow in the Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Associate Professor in Asia University, Taiwan. His main fields of interest include linguistic politeness, sociopragmatics and the sociocultural development of politeness, in the East Asian region. His recent publications include volumes such as Politeness in East Asia (with Sara Mills) and Historical and Contemporary Chinese Politeness (with Yuling Pan) as well as papers in international journals.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Notes on Contributors | p. xi |
| 1 Introduction: Politeness Research In and Across Cultures | p. 1 |
| Part I Face in Interaction | |
| 2 Some Issues with the Concept of Face: When, What, How and How Much? | p. 17 |
| 3 On the Concept of Face and Politeness | p. 42 |
| Part II Im/politeness in Intracultural Interaction | |
| 4 Im/politeness, Rapport Management and Workplace Culture: Truckers Performing Masculinities on Canadian Ice-Roads | p. 61 |
| 5 Why Are Israeli Children Better at Settling Disputes Than Israeli Politicians? | p. 85 |
| 6 Korean Honorifics and 'Revealed', 'Ignored' and 'Suppressed' Aspects of Korean Culture and Politeness | p. 106 |
| 7 Modern Chinese Politeness Revisited | p. 128 |
| 8 Modes of Address Between Female Staff in Georgian Professional Discourse: Medical and Academic Contexts | p. 149 |
| Part III Im/politeness and Face: Intercultural and Crosscultural Perspectives | |
| 9 Indirectness in Zimbabwean English: A Study of Intercultural Communication in the UK | p. 171 |
| 10 On Im/politeness Behind the Iron Curtain | p. 194 |
| 11 Conflict, Culture and Face | p. 216 |
| 12 Cultural Variability in Face Interpretation and Management | p. 237 |
| Epilogue | p. 258 |
| Index of Names | p. 267 |
| Index of Subjects | p. 272 |
