Politeness in Europe /

Politeness in Europe / / ed. by Leo Hickey, Miranda Stewart.

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The study of politeness has undergone an explosion of interest since the late 1980s, involving an examination of language and languages in many societies. The present volume aims to contribute to current knowledge and understanding of the subject by giving a broad picture of politeness across twenty...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Antonopoulou, Eleni,
Araújo Carreira, Maria Helena,
Bencze, Lóránt,
Danblon, Emmanuelle,
De Clerck, Bernard,
Fredsted, Elin,
Fretheim, Thorstein,
Haumann, Silvia,
Held, Gudrun,
Hickey, Leo,
House, Juliane,
Huszcza, Romuald,
Ilie, Cornelia,
Kallen, Jeffrey L.,
Keevallik, Leelo,
Kerbrat-Orecchioni, Catherine,
Koch, Ursula,
Kramer, Johannes,
Le Pair, Rob,
Manno, Giuseppe,
Nekvapil, Jiří,
Neustupný, J.V.,
Sifianou, Maria,
Sornig, Karl,
Stewart, Miranda,
Terkourafi, Marina,
Van Noppen, Jean-Pierre,
Yli-Vakkuri, Valma,
HerausgeberIn:
Hickey, Leo,
Stewart, Miranda,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
Series:Multilingual Matters
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Western Europe
  • Politeness in Germany: Politeness in GERMANY?
  • Politeness in France: How To Buy Bread Politely
  • Politeness in Belgium: Face,Distance and Sincerity in Service-exchange Rituals
  • Politeness in Luxemburg: Greetings from Foreign Parts
  • Politeness in The Netherlands: Indirect Requests
  • Politeness in Austria: Politeness and Impoliteness
  • Politeness in Switzerland: Between Respect and Acceptance
  • Politeness in Britain: ‘It’s Only a Suggestion…’
  • Politeness in Ireland: ‘In Ireland, It’s Done Without Being Said’
  • Northern Europe
  • Politeness in Norway: How Can You Be Polite and Sincere?
  • Politeness in Denmark: Getting to the Point
  • Politeness in Sweden: Parliamentary Forms of Address
  • Politeness in Finland: Evasion at All Costs
  • Eastern Europe
  • Politeness in Estonia: A Matter of Fact Style
  • Politeness in Poland: From ‘Titlemania’ to Grammaticalised Honorifics
  • Politeness in Hungary: Uncertainty in a Changing Society
  • Politeness in the Czech Republic: Distance, Levels of Expression, Management and Intercultural Contact
  • Southern Europe
  • Politeness in Greece: The Politeness of Involvement
  • Politeness in Cyprus: A Coffee or a Small Coffee?
  • Politeness in Italy: The Art of Self-Representation in Requests
  • Politeness in Portugal: How to Address Others
  • Politeness in Spain: Thanks But No ‘Thanks’
  • Index

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