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This handbook comprehensively examines social interaction by
providing a critical overview of the field of linguistic politeness
and impoliteness. Authored by over forty leading scholars, it
offers a diverse and multidisciplinary approach to a vast array of
themes that are vital to the study of interpersonal communication.
The chapters explore the use of (im)politeness in specific contexts
as well as wider developments, and variations across cultures and
contexts in understandings of key concepts (such as power, emotion,
identity and ideology). Within each chapter, the authors select a
topic and offer a critical commentary on the key linguistic
concepts associated with it, supporting their assertions with case
studies that enable the reader to consider the practicalities of
(im)politeness studies. This volume will be of interest to students
and scholars of linguistics, particularly those concerned with
pragmatics, sociolinguistics and interpersonal communication. Its
multidisciplinary nature means that it is also relevant to
researchers across the social sciences and humanities, particularly
those working in sociology, psychology and history.
We use politeness every day when interacting with other people. Yet
politeness is an impressively complex linguistic process, and
studying it can tell us a lot about the social and cultural values
of social groups or even a whole society, helping us to understand
how humans 'encode' states of mind in their words. The traditional,
stereotypical view is that people in East Asian cultures are
indirect, deferential and extremely polite sometimes more polite
than seems necessary. This revealing book takes a fresh look at the
phenomenon, showing that the situation is far more complex than
these stereotypes would suggest. Taking examples from Japanese,
Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and Singaporean Chinese, it shows how
politeness differs across countries, but also across social groups
and subgroups. The first comprehensive study of the subject, this
book is essential reading for those interested in intercultural
communication, linguistics and East Asian languages.
"Letter writing is a pivotal yet neglected medium of historical
Chinese communication. The epistolary format is key to sinological
research. As historical letters have a specific vocabulary and
rhetorical structure it is difficult to read them without the
supporting apparatus of specialised study. The aim of this
compendium is to fill the gap in Chinese studies by providing a
bilingual Chinese-English edition of a corpus of Chinese letters,
prepared for advanced students of Classical Chinese as well as
academics with an interest in historical Chinese epistolary art.
The book has a broad and general introduction, systematically
constructed vocabulary sections as well as detailed grammatical and
philological explanations. It focuses on Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
letter writing, a high point of pre-1911 epistolary activity in
Chinese, and will appeal to Chinese scholars and Sinologists at a
broad range of academic levels."
Kadar and Pan's exciting researchcompares traditional and
contemporary Chinese polite communication norms and maps the
similarities and differences between them. The approach is
innovative, because whilst intercultural politeness has received
considerable attention,intracultural comparative politeness is a
neglected issue. Considering the importance of China on the world
stage, this understanding of Chinese politeness norms is pivotal,to
both experts of communication studies and those that
haveinteractions with the Chinese community. The secondary
objective of the book is to study the driving forces behind the
large-scale diachronic formation of Chinese politeness norms. It
takes a sociolinguistic approach to examining how social changes
and changes in discursive practice lead to the change of politeness
norms. The study will contribute to both politeness research and
historical pragmatics by comparing traditional and contemporary
Chinese politeness norms and analysing the driving force behind
their diachronic shift. It will be invaluable to researchers and
postgradute students in the field of linguistics, in particular
politeness research, pragmatics and historical pragmatics. It is
clear, instructive and requires no prior knowledge of Chinese.
It is increasingly important in our globalised world for people to
successfully manage interpersonal relationships. This is the first
book to tackle this vital topic, by taking an interdisciplinary
approach to exploring the process of relating across cultures.
Drawing together key concepts from politeness theory, intercultural
communication, and cross-cultural/intercultural psychology, it
provides a robust framework for analysing and understanding
intercultural encounters. It explores the ways in which individuals
make judgements about others, deal with offence and conflict,
maintain smooth relations, and build new relationships. These
processes are explained conceptually and illustrated extensively
with authentic intercultural examples and empirical data. With
accessible explanations and follow-up activities, it will appeal
not only to academics working in the areas of intercultural
communication, pragmatic theory, conflict research and other
related academic disciplines, but also to students of these topics,
as well as professionals such as intercultural trainers and those
working in the third sector.
This book provides a cutting-edge introduction to cross-cultural
pragmatics, a field encompassing the study of language use across
linguacultures. Cross-Cultural Pragmatics is relevant for a variety
of fields, such as pragmatics, applied linguistics, language
learning and teaching, translation, intercultural communication and
sociolinguistics. Written by two leading scholars in the field,
this book offers an accessible overview of cross-cultural
pragmatics, by providing insights into the theory and practice of
systematically comparing language use in different cultural
contexts. The authors provide a ground-breaking, language-anchored,
strictly empirical and replicable framework applicable for the
study of different datatypes and situations. The framework is
illustrated with case studies drawn from a variety of
linguacultures, such as English, Chinese, Japanese and German. In
these case studies, the reader is provided with contrastive
analyses of language use in important contexts such as globalised
business, politics and classrooms. This book is essential reading
for both academics and students.
The aim of this volume is to fill a long-recognised gap in
communication, discourse and culture studies by providing
descriptions and analyses of Chinese institutional interactions in
various settings. This book contributes on the one hand to the
latest developments of discourse studies with insights into the
analysis of Chinese institutional interactions. On the other hand,
this volume serves as a valuable resource for readers who intend to
become acquainted with Chinese culture and institutional discourse.
This volume contains contributions by some of the leading scholars
in the field of Chinese discourse analysis. The contributions
examine Chinese institutional interactions in various settings,
including business negotiations, courtroom interactions, medical
consultations, survey interviews, and business telephone calls.
This book provides a cutting-edge introduction to cross-cultural
pragmatics, a field encompassing the study of language use across
linguacultures. Cross-Cultural Pragmatics is relevant for a variety
of fields, such as pragmatics, applied linguistics, language
learning and teaching, translation, intercultural communication and
sociolinguistics. Written by two leading scholars in the field,
this book offers an accessible overview of cross-cultural
pragmatics, by providing insights into the theory and practice of
systematically comparing language use in different cultural
contexts. The authors provide a ground-breaking, language-anchored,
strictly empirical and replicable framework applicable for the
study of different datatypes and situations. The framework is
illustrated with case studies drawn from a variety of
linguacultures, such as English, Chinese, Japanese and German. In
these case studies, the reader is provided with contrastive
analyses of language use in important contexts such as globalised
business, politics and classrooms. This book is essential reading
for both academics and students.
Ritual is popularly associated with ceremonies, though in real life
it plays a significantly more important role, reinforcing what
people perceive as the appropriate moral order of things, or
challenging what they perceive as the inappropriate flow of events.
This book introduces the reader to how people use ritual in
interpersonal interaction and the interface that exists between
ritual and politeness and impoliteness. As rituals have a large
impact on the life of people and communities, the way in which they
use politeness and impoliteness in a ritual action significantly
influences the way in which the given ritual is perceived.
Politeness, Impoliteness and Ritual examines this complex
relationship by setting up a multi-layered analytic model, with a
multidisciplinary approach which will appeal to interaction
scholars, politeness researchers, social psychologists and
anthropologists, and moral psychologists. It fills an important
knowledge gap and provides the first (im)politeness-focused
interactional model of ritual.
Ritual is popularly associated with ceremonies, though in real life
it plays a significantly more important role, reinforcing what
people perceive as the appropriate moral order of things, or
challenging what they perceive as the inappropriate flow of events.
This book introduces the reader to how people use ritual in
interpersonal interaction and the interface that exists between
ritual and politeness and impoliteness. As rituals have a large
impact on the life of people and communities, the way in which they
use politeness and impoliteness in a ritual action significantly
influences the way in which the given ritual is perceived.
Politeness, Impoliteness and Ritual examines this complex
relationship by setting up a multi-layered analytic model, with a
multidisciplinary approach which will appeal to interaction
scholars, politeness researchers, social psychologists and
anthropologists, and moral psychologists. It fills an important
knowledge gap and provides the first (im)politeness-focused
interactional model of ritual.
Politeness is key to all of our relationships and plays a
fundamental part in the way we communicate with each other and the
way we define ourselves. It is not limited only to conventional
aspects of linguistic etiquette, but encompasses all types of
interpersonal behaviour through which we explore and maintain our
relationships. This groundbreaking exploration navigates the reader
through this fascinating area and introduces them to a variety of
new insights. The book is divided into three parts and is based on
an innovative framework which relies on the concepts of social
practice, time and space. In this multidisciplinary approach, the
authors capture a range of user and observer understandings and
provide a variety of examples from different languages and
cultures. With its reader-friendly style, carefully constructed
exercises and useful glossary, Understanding Politeness will be
welcomed by both researchers and postgraduate students working on
politeness, pragmatics and sociolinguistics more broadly.
Although Chinese is one of the most thoroughly studied languages in
pragmatics, and has a pivotal role in intercultural communication
studies because of the increasing cultural and economic interaction
between China and other countries, no large-scale study has been
devoted to this topic. This groundbreaking volume fills this gap
in pragmatic and discourse studies through high-quality research
focusing on the theory and practice of Chinese discourse and, in a
wider sense, interaction analysis. It introduces the different
layers of Chinese discourse and interaction, and makes a valuable
contribution not only to Chinese studies but also to other fields
such as intercultural and discourse studies. The contributors to
this volume include renowned experts within the field. They
present their arguments in an accessible style, making this book
useful to both experts of Chinese and discourse studies, as well as
advanced students with an interest in communication and society.
Sociopragmatics is a rapidly growing field and this is the first
ever handbook dedicated to this exciting area of study. Bringing
together an international team of leading editors and contributors,
it provides a comprehensive, cutting-edge overview of the key
concepts, topics, settings and methodologies involved in
sociopragmatic research. The chapters are organised in a systematic
fashion, and span a wide range of theoretical research on how
language communicates multiple meanings in context, how it
influences our daily interactions and relationships with others,
and how it helps construct our social worlds. Providing insight
into a fascinating array of phenomena and novel research
directions, the Handbook is not only relevant to experts of
pragmatics but to any reader with an interest in language and its
use in different contexts, including researchers in sociology,
anthropology and communication, and students of applied linguistics
and related areas, as well as professional practitioners in
communication research.
Politeness is key to all of our relationships and plays a
fundamental part in the way we communicate with each other and the
way we define ourselves. It is not limited only to conventional
aspects of linguistic etiquette, but encompasses all types of
interpersonal behaviour through which we explore and maintain our
relationships. This groundbreaking exploration navigates the reader
through this fascinating area and introduces them to a variety of
new insights. The book is divided into three parts and is based on
an innovative framework which relies on the concepts of social
practice, time and space. In this multidisciplinary approach, the
authors capture a range of user and observer understandings and
provide a variety of examples from different languages and
cultures. With its reader-friendly style, carefully constructed
exercises and useful glossary, Understanding Politeness will be
welcomed by both researchers and postgraduate students working on
politeness, pragmatics and sociolinguistics more broadly.
Pan and Kadar's exciting research compares historical and
contemporary Chinese (im)polite communication norms and maps the
similarities and differences between them. Considering the
importance of China on the world stage, understanding Chinese
politeness norms is pivotal, to both experts of communication
studies and those who have interactions with the Chinese community.
Letter writing is a pivotal yet neglected medium of historical
Chinese communication. The epistolary format is key to sinological
research. As historical letters have a specific vocabulary and
rhetorical structure it is difficult to read them without the
supporting apparatus of specialised study. The aim of this
compendium is to fill the gap in Chinese studies by providing a
bilingual Chinese-English edition of a corpus of Chinese letters,
prepared for advanced students of Classical Chinese as well as
academics with an interest in historical Chinese epistolary art.
The book has a broad and general introduction, systematically
constructed vocabulary sections as well as detailed grammatical and
philological explanations. It focuses on Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
letter writing, a high point of pre-1911 epistolary activity in
Chinese, and will appeal to Chinese scholars and Sinologists at a
broad range of academic levels. The author was awarded with the
AcademyAward for Young Outstanding Scholarsby the Hungarian Academy
of Sciences for this book.
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