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010 $a 2015021451
020 $a9781137340382 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPE1460$b.G685 2015
082 00 $a401/.45$223
084 $aLAN004000$aLAN009030$aLAN009050$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGrainger, Karen,$d1958-
245 10 $aDirectness and indirectness across cultures /$cKaren Grainger, Sheffield Hallam University, UK ; Sara Mills, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
263 $a1510
264 1 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2015.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Directness may often be considered rude in English, but in other languages it signals closeness and honesty. Equally, indirectness can be judged to be polite in English, whereas in other languages it can be regarded as cold and distancing. This book analyses why this is and provides the reader with a set of tools to investigate directness and indirectness in interaction. The authors examine the way that these differences in evaluation may lead to misunderstanding in conversations, focussing on the difficulty in clearly defining and isolating directness and indirectness. Situated within a discursive theoretical perspective, the book shows, through the analysis of role plays, naturally occurring data and interviews, how it is possible to analyse interactants' evaluations and assessments of directness and indirectness"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: Language, Culture, (Im)politeness and (In)directness2. Theoretical Perspectives on Indirectness3. Theoretical Perspectives on Directness 4. Zimbabwean and British English: A Case Study of Directness and Indirectness across Cultures5. Situated Directness and Indirectness: Monolingual English Speakers6. Linguistic Ideologies: Bilingual Speakers' Evaluations of Indirectness and Directness 7. Conclusions.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xUsage.
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aMills, Sara,$d1954-