Jung-ran Park
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622098114
- eISBN:
- 9789882206830
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622098114.003.0008
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Sociolinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics
This chapter examines the cultural issues and controversies involved in the theoretical frameworks of linguistic politeness. It analyzes the theoretical accounts of non-Western sociocultural ...
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This chapter examines the cultural issues and controversies involved in the theoretical frameworks of linguistic politeness. It analyzes the theoretical accounts of non-Western sociocultural phenomena and the concept of face and suggests that linguistic politeness can and should be seen as a sociocultural phenomenon. It contends that the cultural case of politeness is merely a sign of all other sociocultural signs.Less
This chapter examines the cultural issues and controversies involved in the theoretical frameworks of linguistic politeness. It analyzes the theoretical accounts of non-Western sociocultural phenomena and the concept of face and suggests that linguistic politeness can and should be seen as a sociocultural phenomenon. It contends that the cultural case of politeness is merely a sign of all other sociocultural signs.