Being polite is an effective way to facilitate interpersonal communication. One of the key issues is how the human cognitive system perceives verbal politeness and deals with the cases in which politeness principles are violated. By using event-related potentials (ERPs), we aim …
This readable book presents a new general theoretical understanding of politeness. It offers an account of a wide range of politeness phenomena in English, illustrated by hundreds of examples of actual language use taken largely from authentic British and American sources. Build…
"This book aims to provide useful information to those interested in the many functions of talk at work. It should be useful to those teaching courses on business or interpersonal communications; language in the workplace; discourse analysis; communication studies; programmatics…
"This book aims to provide useful information to those interested in the many functions of talk at work. It should be useful to those teaching courses on business or interpersonal communications; language in the workplace; discourse analysis; communication studies; programmatics…
Politeness is key to all of our relationships and plays a fundamental part in the way we communicate with each other and the way we define ourselves. It is not limited only to conventional aspects of linguistic etiquette, but encompasses all types of interpersonal behaviour thro…