Date: 28-Jun-2007 From: Francesca Filippelli <francesca.filippellitaylorandfrancis.com> Subject: Research on Politeness in Spanish-Speaking Countries: Placencia, Garcia (Eds)
Title: Research on Politeness in Spanish-Speaking Countries
Published: 2007
Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis)
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Editor: Maria Elena Placencia
Editor: Carmen Garcia
Hardback: ISBN: 0805852271 9780805852271 Pages: 456 Price: U.S. $ 99.95
Abstract:
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 senior undergraduates and graduate 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.
Linguistic Field(s):
Discourse Analysis
Pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
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