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dc.contributor.authorHaugh, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:00:05Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:00:05Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-06-05T23:11:51Z
dc.identifier.issn16125681
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/48826
dc.description.abstractThe papers in this special issue on Chinese 'face' and im/politeness collectively raise very real challenges for the ways in which the now wellknown distinction between first order and second order approaches is conceptualized and operationalized by face and politeness researchers. They highlight the difficulties we inevitably encounter when analyzing face and im/politeness across languages and cultures, in particular, those arising from (1) the use of English as a scientific metalanguage to describe concepts and practices in other languages and cultures, (2) the inherent ambiguity and conservatism of folk concepts such as face and politeness, and (3) the difficulties in teasing out face and im/politeness as important phenomena in their own right. In this paper it is suggested that these issues arise as a consequence of the relative paucity of critical discussion of the first-second order distinction by analysts. It is argued that the first-second order distinction needs to be more carefully deconstructed in regards to both its epistemological and ontological loci. It is suggested that equating first order approaches with an "emic" perspective and second order approaches with a "scientific" perspective masks a number of important distinctions that are too often glossed over by those who make claims to being either first or second order researchers. It is concluded that rather than treating the first-second order distinction as a simplistic dichotomy, it is much more productive to deploy the multiple loci of the first-second order distinction in clarifying the various focal points for analysis and theorization in face and politeness research.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWalter de Gruyter
dc.publisher.placeGermany
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/JPLR/html
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom111
dc.relation.ispartofpageto134
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Politeness Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDiscourse and Pragmatics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLinguistics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode200403
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2004
dc.titleEpilogue: The first-second order distinction in face and politeness research
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Languages and Linguistics
gro.rights.copyright© 2012 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 journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2012
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gro.griffith.authorHaugh, Michael B.


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