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Discourse and Politeness: Ambivalent Face in Japanese Dr Naomi Geyer
Discourse and Politeness: Ambivalent Face in Japanese
Dr Naomi Geyer
Examines Japanese institutional discourse and attempts to clarify the relationship between politeness, facework and speaker identity. This book seeks to establish an analysis of facework as the basis for evaluating politeness, and describes facework in delicate situations such as disagreement, teasing and talking about troubles.
226 pages, 1, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 6, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780826497819 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Pages | 226 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 240 × 23 mm · 498 g |
| Language | English |