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Metapragmatics of Attentiveness - A Study in Interpersonal and Cross-cultural Pragmatics (Hardcover)
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Metapragmatics of Attentiveness - A Study in Interpersonal and Cross-cultural Pragmatics (Hardcover)
Series: Pragmatic Interfaces
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This book examines attentiveness, which is briefly defined as a
demonstrator's pre-emptive responses to a recipient's verbal or
non-verbal cues or situations surrounding a recipient and a
demonstrator, which takes the form of offering. It elucidates what
attentiveness is, and addresses the importance of attentiveness in
im/politeness research. It also suggests the importance of taking
an interdisciplinary perspective in im/politeness research, the
importance of non-linguistically manifested politeness and the
heart perspective. Evaluation by a recipient of attentiveness is
considered since recent research suggests that im/politeness
resides in evaluation. Thus, both demonstration and evaluation of
attentiveness are investigated in the book. Attentiveness may be
demonstrated or evaluated differently within different cultures.
Generation can be considered as one of the sub-groups of culture.
Therefore, cross-cultural and cross-generational comparisons on
demonstration and evaluation of attentiveness are included.
Although some differences in demonstration or evaluation of
attentiveness are found cross-culturally, similarities outweigh
differences. This suggests that attentiveness, which is thought to
be a virtue in Japanese culture, is not unique to Japanese culture,
and that attentiveness is an important interpersonal notion
elsewhere, too. It is also shown that attentiveness is one of the
constituents of politeness, which indicates that attentiveness is
closely related to politeness.
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