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A Critique of Politeness Theory - Volume 1 (Paperback, New Ed)
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A Critique of Politeness Theory - Volume 1 (Paperback, New Ed)
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As a sociolinguistic phenomenon that connects language and its
users to the social world that surrounds them, politeness can
provide insights into the very structure of social reality and the
process by which it is established and maintained. And through its
focus on ethical aspects of social interaction, it can expose the
fundamental nature and the inner workings of morality in our
everyday lives. Although a highly specific subject matter,
politeness therefore touches on issues far beyond its immediate
borders. In a critical state-of-the-art review of the field, this
book examines the extent to which the potential impact of
politeness has been explored so far. Through a metatheoretical
analysis of epistemological, methodological, social and
psychological ideologies prevalent in mainstream politeness theory,
it offers an overview of sociolinguistic thinking about language
and social reality during the past quarter of a century. Eelen's
analysis of the literature reveals a coherent and consistent
ideology underlying the entire field, but also shows how this
ideology has caused scientific theory to miss out on many important
aspects of the reality of everyday life. His examination of the
relationship between science and commonsense thinking, between
scientific and everyday notions of politeness, draws attention to
issues which remain untouched by current theoretical models and
opens up avenues of research hitherto left unexplored.
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