Politeness in professional contexts
by Archer, Dawn Grainger, Karen Jagodzinski, Piotr
"Much like in everyday life, politeness is key to the smooth running of relationships and interactions. Professional contexts, however, tend to be characterised by a plethora of behaviours that may be specific to that context. They include 'polite' behaviours, 'impolite' behaviours and behaviours that arguably fall somewhere between - or outside - such concepts. The twelve chapters making up this edited collection explore these behaviours in a range of communication contexts representative of b…
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- Full title :Politeness in professional contexts / edited by Dawn Archer, Karen Grainger, Piotr Jagodziński.
Summary
"Much like in everyday life, politeness is key to the smooth running of relationships and interactions. Professional contexts, however, tend to be characterised by a plethora of behaviours that may be specific to that context. They include 'polite' behaviours, 'impolite' behaviours and behaviours that arguably fall somewhere between - or outside - such concepts. The twelve chapters making up this edited collection explore these behaviours in a range of communication contexts representative of business, medical, legal and security settings. Between them, the contributions will help readers to theorize about - and in some cases operationalize (im)politeness and related behaviours for - these real-world settings. The authors take a broad, yet theoretically underpinned, definition of politeness and use it to help explain, analyse and inform professional interactions. They demonstrate the importance of understanding how interactions are negotiated and managed in professional settings. The edited collection has something to offer, therefore, to academics, professionals and practitioners alike"--
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- Publication Date:2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (vi, 326 pages) : : illustrations (chiefly color).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789027260857, 9027260850
- oclc:on1156421543
- LC Classification:BJ1533.C9
- Dewey Decimal:177/.1
Table of Contents
Intro -- Politeness in Professional Contexts -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Politeness in professional contexts -- 1. Introduction to Part I: Politeness in medical contexts -- 2. Introduction to Part II: Politeness in business and organisational contexts (including emails) -- 3. Introduction to Part III: Politeness in legal and security contexts -- 4. Notions of politeness, facework and relational work adopted in this edited collection -- 5. Context, politeness theorizing and professional practice/training -- 5.1 Context
5.2 Politeness theorizing -- 5.3 Professional practice/training -- References -- Part I. Politeness in medical contexts -- Chapter 2. Learning to manage rapport in GP trainee encounters: A discursive politeness approach -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 Politeness in healthcare settings -- 2.2 Power dynamics: Doctor-patient interaction -- 2.3 Face and rapport management -- 2.4 Simulated interactions -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Data analysis -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Conclusion -- References
Chapter 3. Team interaction in healthcare settings: Leadership, rapport-building and clinical outcomes i…
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