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Title
Directness and indirectness across cultures [electronic resource] / Karen Grainger, Sheffield Hallam University, UK ; Sara Mills, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
ISBN
9781137340399 (electronic book)
1137340398 (electronic book)
9781349558711
113734038X
9781137340382
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1057/9781137340399 doi
Call Number
PE1460 .G685 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
401/.45
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on print version record.
Machine 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.
