On apologising in negative and positive politeness cultures

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On apologising in negative and positive politeness cultures

Eva Ogiermann

(Pragmatics & beyond : new series, v. 191)

John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2009

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-293) and index

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内容説明

This book investigates how speakers of English, Polish and Russian deal with offensive situations. It reveals culture-specific perceptions of what counts as an apology and what constitutes politeness. It offers a critical discussion of Brown and Levinson's theory and provides counterevidence to the correlation between indirectness and politeness underlying their theory. Their theory is applied to two languages that rely less heavily on indirectness in conveying politeness than does English, and to a speech act that does not become more polite through indirectness. An analysis of the face considerations involved in apologising shows that in contrast to disarming apologies, remedial apologies are mainly directed towards positive face needs, which are crucial for the restoration of social equilibrium and maintenance of relationships. The data show that while English apologies are characterised by a relatively strong focus on both interlocutors' negative face, Polish apologies display a particular concern for positive face. For Russian speakers, in contrast, apologies seem to involve a lower degree of face threat than they do in the other two languages.

目次

  • 1. Abbreviations, figures, tables
  • 2. Preface
  • 3. Chapter 1. Cross-cultural pragmatics
  • 4. Chapter 2. The culture-specificity of politeness
  • 5. Chapter 3. The speech act of apologising
  • 6. Chapter 4. Literature review
  • 7. Chapter 5. Methodological considerations
  • 8. Chapter 6. Data collection
  • 9. Chapter 7. Illocutionary Force Indicating Devices: IFIDs
  • 10. Chapter 8. Accounts
  • 11. Chapter 9. Positive politeness apology strategies
  • 12. Chapter 10. On the culture-specificity of apologies
  • 13. Chapter 11. Conclusion
  • 14. Appendices
  • 15. Notes
  • 16. References
  • 17. Index

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