Politeness in Mexico and the United States: a contrastive study of the realization and perception of refusals
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Beteilige Person: Félix-Brasdefer, Julio César (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia J. Benjamins Pub. Co. ©2008
Schriftenreihe:Pragmatics & beyond 171
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Politeness in Mexico and the United States; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Transcription conventions; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The scope of politeness; 2. Speech acts in context; 3. Methodology and organization of the study; 4. Results; 5. Results; 6. Conclusions and discussion; References; appendix; Author index; Subject index; The Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
This book explores the issue of politeness phenomena and socially appropriate behavior in two societies, Mexico and the United States, in three different contexts: refusing invitations, requests, and suggestions. In addition to a state-of-the-art review of the speech act of refusals in numerous languages, the book provides a rigorous analysis of data collection methods utilized to examine speech act behavior at the production and perception levels. Many examples of native speaker interactions illustrate the similarities and differences observed in the realization patterns and the perception of
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 195 pages)
ISBN:9027291446
9789027291448