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Seeking and Resisting Compliance: Why People Say What They Do When Trying to Influence Others
by Steven R. Wilson
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with references to "politeness theory".
Excerpt - on Page 60: "
... see, several theories discussed in this book do focus our attention on explicitness, dominance, and argument. Brown and Levinson's (1978) politeness theory (see Chapter 6), for instance, predicts that explicitness will vary depending on the size of the request being made as ... "
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United States, Professor Jones, Communication Monographs, Speech Communication Association, American Red Cross, Human Communication Research, preconversational plans, interpersonal construct system development, cognitive rules model, upward influence strategies, listener adaptation, cognitive editing standards
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Politeness (Key Topics in Sociolinguistics)
by Richard J. Watts
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with references to "politeness theory".
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... of current models and argues that the proper object of study in politeness theory must be commonsense no- tions of what politeness and impoliteness are. ... "
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Bilingualism and Social Relations: Turkish Speakers in North Western Europe
by J. Normann Jorgensen
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with references to "politeness theory".
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... According to classical politeness theory, linguistic politeness is determined by social norms that predict how differences in status determine the linguistic choices made by speakers. ... "
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Gender and Language
by Christine Christie
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with references to "politeness theory".
Excerpt - on Page 2: "
... In Chapters 4, 5 and 6 I introduce a range of pragmatic theories: speech act theory, Grice's theory of conversation, politeness theory and relevance theory, and illustrate their relevance to studies that focus on issues of gen- der and language use. In ... "
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Carlton Club, Aboriginal English, Derek Draper, Libby Ashurst, New Zealand, Australian English, pragmatics scholarship, feminist pragmatics, politeness behaviour, politeness theory, performative capacity, hegemonic messages
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