The language of service encounters : a pragmatic-discursive approach / J. César Félix-Brasdefer.

Call Number	306.44097
Author	Félix-Brasdefer, J. César, author.
Title	The language of service encounters : a pragmatic-discursive approach / J. César Félix-Brasdefer.
Physical Description	1 online resource (xvii, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	Introduction -- 1. Approaches to service encounters: a pragmatic-discursive analysis of social action -- 2. Service encounters in commercial and non-commercial settings -- 3. Cross-cultural service encounters: negotiating service in the United States and Mexico -- 4. Intra-lingual pragmatic variation in service encounters -- 5. Negotiating service in Mexican markets -- 6. Intracultural service encounters at a US visitor information center -- 7. Relational talk and the negotiation of face in service encounters -- 8. Forms of address and politeness in service encounters -- 9. Conclusions.
Summary	Service encounters are ubiquitous in social interaction. We buy food and everyday items in supermarkets, convenience stores, or markets; we purchase merchandise in department stores; or we request information at a visitor information center. This book offers a comprehensive account of service encounters in commercial and non-commercial settings. Grounded in naturally occurring face-to-face interactions and drawing on a pragmatic-discursive approach, J. César Félix-Brasdefer sets out a framework for the analysis of transactional and relational talk in various contexts in the United States and Mexico. This book investigates cross-cultural and intra-lingual pragmatic variation during the negotiation of service. The author provides a broad review of research on service encounters to date, and analyzes characteristics of sales transactions, such as participants' roles, pragmatic and discourse functions of relational talk and address forms, the realization of politeness, and changes in alignment from transactional to relational talk.
Subject	Language and languages Economic aspects. Sociolinguistics Mexico. Sociolinguistics United States. Language and culture Mexico. Language and culture United States. COMMUNICATION, INTERNATIONAL.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139565431

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Summary	Service encounters are ubiquitous in social interaction. We buy food and everyday items in supermarkets, convenience stores, or markets; we purchase merchandise in department stores; or we request information at a visitor information center. This book offers a comprehensive account of service encounters in commercial and non-commercial settings. Grounded in naturally occurring face-to-face interactions and drawing on a pragmatic-discursive approach, J. César Félix-Brasdefer sets out a framework for the analysis of transactional and relational talk in various contexts in the United States and Mexico. This book investigates cross-cultural and intra-lingual pragmatic variation during the negotiation of service. The author provides a broad review of research on service encounters to date, and analyzes characteristics of sales transactions, such as participants' roles, pragmatic and discourse functions of relational talk and address forms, the realization of politeness, and changes in alignment from transactional to relational talk.
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	Introduction -- 1. Approaches to service encounters: a pragmatic-discursive analysis of social action -- 2. Service encounters in commercial and non-commercial settings -- 3. Cross-cultural service encounters: negotiating service in the United States and Mexico -- 4. Intra-lingual pragmatic variation in service encounters -- 5. Negotiating service in Mexican markets -- 6. Intracultural service encounters at a US visitor information center -- 7. Relational talk and the negotiation of face in service encounters -- 8. Forms of address and politeness in service encounters -- 9. Conclusions.
Subject	Language and languages Economic aspects. Sociolinguistics Mexico. Sociolinguistics United States. Language and culture Mexico. Language and culture United States. COMMUNICATION, INTERNATIONAL.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139565431