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OverviewWe 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. This book is essential reading for those interested in intercultural communication, linguistics and East Asian languages. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dániel Z. Kádár (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest) , Sara Mills (Sheffield Hallam University)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) ISBN: 9780511977886ISBN 10: 0511977883 Publication Date: 07 September 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Undefined Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsForeword Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini; 1. Introduction Dániel Z. Kádár and Sara Mills; Part I. Politeness in East Asia - Theory: 2. Politeness and culture Sara Mills and Dániel Z. Kádár; 3. Honorifics: the cultural specificity of a universal mechanism in Japan Barbara Pizziconi; 4. Methodological issues in East Asian politeness research Yuling Pan; 5. Intercultural communication and East Asian politeness Stefanie Stadler; Part II. Politeness in East Asia - Practice: 6. Politeness in China Dániel Z. Kádár and Yuling Pan; 7. Politeness in Japan Michael Haugh and Yasuko Obana; 8. Politeness in Korea Alan Hyun-Oak Kim; 9. Politeness in Vietnam Grace Chye Lay Chew; 10. Politeness in Singapore Cher Leng Lee; 11. Epilogue Michael Haugh.Reviews'... avoids restrictive stereotypes and glib assumptions, productively complicating and extending our understanding of East Asian politeness and impoliteness.' Robert B. Arundale, University of Alaska, Fairbanks '... a fundamental milestone and an overdue change of direction, this collection will doubtless become one of the 21st century's reference works for politeness research.' Dr Derek Bousfield, University of Central Lancashire Author InformationDániel Z. Kádár is Research Fellow in the Department of Oriental Studies, Research Institute for Linguistics at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He has published in the areas of politeness research and East Asian studies, and his most recent publications include Terms of (Im)politeness (2007), Politeness across Cultures (with Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini, forthcoming), Historical and Contemporary Chinese Politeness (with Yuling Pan, forthcoming) and Politeness in China and Japan (with Michael Haugh, forthcoming). Sara Mills is Research Professor in Linguistics at Sheffield Hallam University. She has published in the field of feminist linguistics and politeness research and also in postcolonial feminist theory. Her most recent publications are Language and Sexism (Cambridge University Press, 2008), Gender and Colonial Space (2004), Gender and Politeness (Cambridge University Press, 2003), Discourse (2000) and Michel Foucault (2002). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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