Thanking and Politeness in Japanese: Balancing Acts in Interaction
synthesizes previous work on thanking, politeness and Japanese
pragmatics and crystallises the theoretical underpinnings of
thanking, how it is realized linguistically and the social meaning
and significance of this aspect of Japanese communication. The book
employs three empirical studies to reveal conversational
participants' collaborative work in thanking episodes,
specifically, their acts of balancing obligations. It illuminates
the mutually dependent nature of social interaction in Japanese and
beyond, and suggests a new theoretical framework in understanding
what is expected in social interaction across the languages. This
is the definitive work on how Japanese people thank one another,
and will provide ongoing value to second language Japanese
teachers, textbook writers and academics seeking to make sense of,
and define, this beautifully subtle, complex yet essential speech
act in Japanese.
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