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Emic Perspectives on the Positive-Negative Politeness Distinction
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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. ; Arts, Education & Law Group, School of Languages and Linguistics ; No Full Text
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URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/13702
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Review of Mayumi Usami, Discourse Politeness in Japanese Conversation. Some implications for a universal theory of politeness
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