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Power and Politeness in Action: Disagreements in Oral Communication: 12
Author(s): Locher (Author)
- Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
- Publication Date: 26 Jan. 2004
- Language: English
- Print length: 384 pages
- ISBN-10: 3110180065
- ISBN-13: 9783110180060
Book Description
This study investigates the interface of power and politeness in the realization of disagreements in naturalistic language data. Power and politeness are important phenomena in face-to-face interaction. Disagreement is an arena in which these two key concepts are likely to be observed together. Both disagreement and the exercise of power entail a conflict. At the same time, conflict will often be softened by the display of politeness. The material for analysis comes from three different contexts: (1) a sociable argument in an informal, supportive, and interactive family setting; (2) a business meeting among colleagues at a research institution; and (3) examples from public discourse collected during the US Election in 2000.
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About the Author
Miriam A. Locher is Senior Assistant at the University of Berne, Switzerland.
