Research on Politeness in the Spanish-Speaking World

Maria Elena Placencia, Carmen Garcia-Fernandez

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351551250
• Topic: Bildung
• Subtopic: Bildungstheorie & -praxis

One of the main contributions of this important book is that it offers a thorough survey of the theoretical and empirical developments that have occurred in the area of (im)politeness in the different regions of the Spanish-speaking world, gathering together overviews by distinguished scholars. Additionally, the book advances the field with new empirical research on linguistic (im)politeness, and silence and (im)politeness, in a range of (non)institutional contexts, as well as new perspectives for the study of (im)politeness. A closing chapter by the editors provides an assessment of salient trends in the area and directions for future research. Research on Politeness in the Spanish-Speaking World is essential reading for students in Spanish pragmatics and Spanish linguistics, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis. The volume is also very useful to English-speaking scholars in the general field of pragmatics who are not proficient in Spanish but require access to these empirical studies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Preface
• Introduction: Models for the Study of (Linguistic) (Im)Politeness
• PART I: OVERVIEWS OF POLITENESS STUDIES
• PART II: EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF POLITENESS
• PART III: EXPLORING POLITENESS FROM A RAPPORT AND IDENTITY MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE
• PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
• References
• Author Index
• Subject Index