Discourse and Politeness: Ambivalent Face in Japanese

Discourse and Politeness: Ambivalent Face in Japanese

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Publisher's Synopsis

'Discourse and Politeness' examines Japanese institutional discourse and attempts to clarify the relationship between politeness, facework and speaker identity. It also seeks to establish an empirically grounded analysis of facework as the basis for evaluating politeness.

Book information

ISBN: 9780826497819
Publisher: Continuum
Imprint: Continuum
Pub date:
DEWEY: 495.65
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 217
Weight: 496g
Height: 240mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 23mm