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  • Emic Perspectives on the Positive-Negative Politeness Distinction

    Author(s)
    Haugh, Michael
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Haugh, Michael B.
    Year published
    2006
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    Abstract
    By resorting to the comparative analysis of oriental and western languages (Chinese, Japanese, American English, Australian English) Haugh questions the universal nature of positive / negative face, which he describes as ethnocentricoriented, and thus should be reconceptualized. To do so, he proposes a dialectic approach based on connectedness-separateness which may transcend the divisions into binary oppositions, and account for both the universal and culture-specific elements inherent in the phenomenon of politeness.By resorting to the comparative analysis of oriental and western languages (Chinese, Japanese, American English, Australian English) Haugh questions the universal nature of positive / negative face, which he describes as ethnocentricoriented, and thus should be reconceptualized. To do so, he proposes a dialectic approach based on connectedness-separateness which may transcend the divisions into binary oppositions, and account for both the universal and culture-specific elements inherent in the phenomenon of politeness.
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    Journal Title
    Culture, Language and Representation
    Volume
    3
    Publisher URI
    http://www.raco.cat/index.php/CLR/article/viewArticle/106056/0
    http://www.raco.cat/index.php/CLR/article/viewFile/106056/148021
    Subject
    Cultural Studies
    Language Studies
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/13702
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