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dc.contributor.authorHaugh, Michael
dc.contributor.editorRichard Watts (University of Berne)
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:59:44Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:59:44Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.date.modified2009-09-23T02:38:59Z
dc.identifier.issn0167-8507
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/mult.2004.009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/16161
dc.description.abstractThe issue of what in fact constitutes politeness remains a source of considerable debate amongst researchers. There is mounting evidence that although there may be common underlying elements, politeness is conceptualised differently across cultures. A comparison of the notions of politeness in English and teinei, reigi tadashii and keii hyoogen in Japanese indicates that these respective terms encompass somewhat different conceptual ranges. Politeness in English refers to showing consideration for others and demonstrating a polished self-presentation. In Japanese, on the other hand, it encompasses showing respect (with a strong nuance of vertical respect involved) and consideration towards the position and quality of character of others, and modesty about oneself. While politeness in both English and Japanese involves showing one thinks well of others (other-oriented politeness) and showing one does not think too highly of oneself (selforiented politeness), differences in the underlying conceptualisation of politeness give rise to different ways of expressing politeness. It is thus difficult to maintain the assumption that politeness can be defined in the same way across different cultures, although this does not necessarily preclude the identification of common elements of politeness across cultures.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMouton de Gruyter
dc.publisher.placeBerlin, Germany
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mult.2004.009/html
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom85
dc.relation.ispartofpageto109
dc.relation.ispartofissue1/2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMultilingua
dc.relation.ispartofvolume23
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLinguistics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2004
dc.titleRevisiting the conceptualisation of politeness in English and Japanese
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2004 Walter de Gruyter & Co. KG Publishers. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the publisher's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2004
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gro.griffith.authorHaugh, Michael B.


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