English politeness and class / Sara Mills.

Mills, Sara, 1954-
Call Number
420.1/41
Author
Mills, Sara, 1954- author.
Title
English politeness and class / Sara Mills.
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 148 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Traditional approaches to Language, Culture and Politeness; 3. Traditional approaches to British English politeness; 4. Politeness and Class; 5. Materialist Discursive approach to politeness, culture and norms; 6. Conclusions.
Summary
Politeness plays a vital role in maintaining class differences. In this highly original account, Sara Mills analyses the interrelationship between class and linguistic interaction, uncovering the linguistic ideologies behind politeness in British English. She sheds light on the way politeness and rudeness interrelate with the marking of class boundaries, and reveals how middle-class positions in society are marked by people's use of self-deprecation, indirectness and reserve. Systematically challenging received wisdom about cross-cultural and inter-cultural differences, she goes beyond the mere context of the interaction to investigate the social dimension of politeness. This approach enables readers to analyse other languages in the same way, and a range of case studies illustrate how ideologies of politeness are employed and judged.
Subject
Politeness (Linguistics) Great Britain.
English language Social aspects Great Britain.
Speech and social status Great Britain.
Middle class Great Britain Language.
Conversation analysis Social aspects.
SPEECH ACTS (LINGUISTICS)
Multimedia
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Summary
Politeness plays a vital role in maintaining class differences. In this highly original account, Sara Mills analyses the interrelationship between class and linguistic interaction, uncovering the linguistic ideologies behind politeness in British English. She sheds light on the way politeness and rudeness interrelate with the marking of class boundaries, and reveals how middle-class positions in society are marked by people's use of self-deprecation, indirectness and reserve. Systematically challenging received wisdom about cross-cultural and inter-cultural differences, she goes beyond the mere context of the interaction to investigate the social dimension of politeness. This approach enables readers to analyse other languages in the same way, and a range of case studies illustrate how ideologies of politeness are employed and judged.
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Traditional approaches to Language, Culture and Politeness; 3. Traditional approaches to British English politeness; 4. Politeness and Class; 5. Materialist Discursive approach to politeness, culture and norms; 6. Conclusions.
Subject
Politeness (Linguistics) Great Britain.
English language Social aspects Great Britain.
Speech and social status Great Britain.
Middle class Great Britain Language.
Conversation analysis Social aspects.
SPEECH ACTS (LINGUISTICS)
Multimedia