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2012
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(2012) : From good manners to facework. Politeness variations and constants in France, from the classic age to today In: Bax, Marcel; Kádár, Dániel Z. (Hg.): Understanding historical (im)politeness: Relational linguistic practice over time and across cultures, 41: Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub. Co (Benjamins Current Topics), S. 131-153
Abstract: Forms and conceptions of politeness vary noticeably from one society to another, and also, within a given society, from one age to another. However, it can be assumed that the treatment of politeness phenomena in terms of “facework” as advocated by Brown and Levinson (1978, 1987) might help us to shed some light on both cultural variations and diachronic variations in politeness behaviour. This assumption is tested by considering the question of “good manners” in the French classic age as they are recorded in some prescriptive and literary writings. The study reveals that the profound logic that politeness obeys is the same in all eras. I take a special interest in the “double binds” we are confronted with in the exercise of politeness, looking at, for example, compliments as a ritual activity.
2011
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(2011): Understanding Historical (Im)Politeness. In: Journal of Historical Pragmatics 12 (1-2), S. 133-155. DOI: 10.1075/jhp.12.1-2.06ker
Abstract: Forms and conceptions of politeness vary noticeably from one society to another, and also, within a given society, from one age to another. However, it can be assumed that the treatment of politeness phenomena in terms of "facework" as advocated by Brown and Levinson (1978, 1987) might help us to shed some light on both cultural variations and diachronic variations in politeness behaviour. This assumption is tested by considering the question of "good manners" in the French classic age as they are recorded in some prescriptive and literary writings. The study reveals that the profound logic that politeness obeys is the same in all eras. I take a special interest in the "double binds" we are confronted with in the exercise of politeness, looking at, for example, compliments as a ritual activity.
1993
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(1993): New Zealand women are good to talk to. An analysis of politeness strategies in interaction. In: Journal of Pragmatics 20 (2), S. 91-116. DOI: 10.1016/0378-2166(93)90078-4
Abstract: This paper compares evidence from New Zealand women's and men's talk regarding amount of speech, interruptions, the use of pragmatic particles and the distribution of apologies and compliments to support an argument that women are ideal speaker-hearers. Women's other-oriented behaviour makes them ideal conversational partners.
1978
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(1978) : Compliment Responses. Notes on the Cooperation of Multiple Constraints In: Schenkein, Jim: Studies in the organization of conversational interaction: New York NY u.a.: Acad. Press (Language, thought, and culture), S. 79-112
Abstract: A large proportion of compliment responses deviate from the model response of accepting compliments. A close examination of those responses reveals that while rejections are frequent, they are not performed as preferred seconds. While various sequential features suggest that determination, one indication is that most compliment responses lie somewhere in between acceptances and agreements on the one hand and rejections and disagreements on the other hand. This chapter describes an organization, which accounts, in part, for the in between-ness of compliment responses. The chapter presents descriptions of constraint systems bearing on compliment responses and describes solution types to conflicting constraints as displayed by compliment responses. The productions of compliment responses are sensitive to the cooperation of multiple constraint systems. One preference system is that of supportive actions, which are responses that legitimize, ratify, and affirm prior compliments. A second constraint system is that of self-praise avoidance.
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