Politeness in the History of English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Politeness in the History of English write by Andreas Jucker. This book was released on 2020-04-16. Politeness in the History of English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the Middle Ages up to the present day, this book traces politeness in the history of the English language.
Politeness in Language
Politeness in Language - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Politeness in Language write by Richard J. Watts. This book was released on 2008-08-22. Politeness in Language available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The second edition of this collection of 13 original papers contains an updated introductory section detailing the significance that the original articles published in 1992 have for the further development of research into linguistic politeness into the 21st century. The original articles focus on the phenomenon of politeness in language. They present the most important problems in developing a theory of linguistic politeness, which must deal with the crucial differences between lay notions of politeness in different cultures and the term 'politeness' as a concept within a theory of linguistic politeness. The universal validity of the term itself is called into question, as are models such as those developed by Brown and Levinson, Lakoff, and Leech. New approaches are suggested. In addition to this theoretical discussion, an empirical section presents a number of case studies and research projects in linguistic politeness. These show what has been achieved within current models and what still remains to be done, in particular with reference to cross-cultural studies in politeness and differences between a Western and a non-Western approach to the subject. The publication of this second edition demonstrates that the significance of the collection is just as salient in the first decade of the new millennium as it was at the beginning of the 1990s.
Manners, Norms and Transgressions in the History of English
Manners, Norms and Transgressions in the History of English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Manners, Norms and Transgressions in the History of English write by Andreas H. Jucker. This book was released on 2020-08-15. Manners, Norms and Transgressions in the History of English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume traces the multifaceted concept of manners in the history of English from the late medieval through the early and late modern periods right up to the present day. It focuses in particular on transgressions of manners and norms of behaviour as an analytical tool to shed light on the discourse of polite conduct and styles of writing. The papers collected in this volume adopt both literary and linguistic perspectives. The fictional sources range from medieval romances and Shakespearean plays to eighteenth-century drama, Lewis Carroll’s Alice books and present-day television comedy drama. The non-fictional data includes conduct books, medical debates and petitions written by lower class women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The contributions focus in particular on the following questions: What are the social and political ideologies behind rules of etiquette and norms of interaction, and what can we learn from blunders and other transgressions?
History of English
History of English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of English write by Jonathan Culpeper. This book was released on 2005. History of English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Routledge Language Workbooks' are practical introductions to specific areas of languages for absolute beginners. They provide comprehensive coverage of the areas as well as a basis for further study.
Historical (im)politeness
Historical (im)politeness - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historical (im)politeness write by Jonathan Culpeper. This book was released on 2010. Historical (im)politeness available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This edited collection investigates historical linguistic politeness and impoliteness. Although some research has been undertaken uniting politeness and historical pragmatics, it has been sporadic at best, and often limited to traditional theoretical approaches. This is a strange state of affairs, because politeness plays a central role in the social dynamics of language. This collection, containing contributions from renowned experts, aims to fill this hiatus, bringing together cutting-edge research. Not only does it illuminate the language usage of earlier periods, but by examining the past it places politeness today in context. Such a diachronic perspective also affords a further test-bed for current models of politeness. This volume provides insights into historical aspects of language, particularly items regularly deployed for politeness functions, and the social, particularly interpersonal, contexts with which it interacts. It also sheds light on how (social) meanings are dynamically constructed in situ, and probes various theoretical aspects of politeness. Its papers deploy a range of multilingual (e. g. English, Spanish, Italian and Chinese) diachronic data drawn from different genres such as letters, dramas, witch trials and manners books. --Book Jacket.
