Discursive Approaches to Politeness (eBook)

Acknowledgements?????????????????????????????????????????????? 6
Contents?????????????????????????????? 8
Contributors?????????????????????????????????????? 10
Introduction: The Linguistic Politeness Research Group?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 14
Chapter 1 Discursive approaches to politeness and impoliteness?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 32
Chapter 2 “It’s not what you said, it’s how you said it!” Prosody and impoliteness?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 70
Chapter 3 The limits of politeness re-visited: Courtroom discourse as a case in point???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 98
Chapter 4 “No, like proper north”: Re-drawing boundaries in an emergent community of practice???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 122
Chapter 5 Frontstage and backstage: Gordon Brown, the “bigoted woman” and im/politeness in the 2010 UK General Election???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 146
Chapter 6 ‘First order’ and ‘second order’ politeness: Institutional and intercultural contexts???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 180
Chapter 7 Discursive histories, personalist ideology and judging intent: Analysing the metalinguistic discussion of Tony Blair’s ‘slave trade apology’?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 202
Chapter 8 ‘Doing aphasia – Are you with me?’: Analysing face-work around issues of (non-)competence???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 234
Postscript?????????????????????????????????? 258
Index???????????????????????? 276