Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures
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Beschreibung
This book analyses the complex relationship between directness, indirectness, politeness and impoliteness. Definitions of directness and indirectness are discussed and problematised from a discursive theoretical perspective.
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Sara Mills
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Directness indirectness discursive theoretical approach interactional sociolinguistics politeness impoliteness intercultural communication communication interaction sociolinguistics discourse analysis
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“This book provides a deeper analysis of the existence of ‘variability within cultures’ … . It adds both to the understanding of politeness and its relationship with directness and indirectness, such that each ‘linguistic community decides what they see as sophisticated’ and which politeness strategies they interpret as polite or impolite … .” (Silvia Pisabarro Sarrió, Language in Society, Vol. 46 (4), September, 2017)
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