Linguistic Politeness Across Boundaries
The case of Greek and Turkish
Editors
This volume includes 14 papers investigating politeness phenomena in Greece and Turkey, the cultural cross-roads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. It reflects current research and provides observations of and findings in patterns of linguistic politeness in a geographical area other than the much studied English speaking ones. The book appeals to professionals and students interested in a broader perspective of language use in its social context.
Articles in the collection are empirically rather than theoretically oriented and examine realisations of politeness in relation to social parameters. The chapters have been arranged in pairs (Greek/Turkish), treating the following related issues: firstly a more general ethnographic picture of the two societies, the variables of power/status in classroom and other interaction, solidarity in advice-giving and the use of approbatory expressions, service encounters and the differential use of language by males and females, the use of interruptions in television talk, and finally compliments.
Articles in the collection are empirically rather than theoretically oriented and examine realisations of politeness in relation to social parameters. The chapters have been arranged in pairs (Greek/Turkish), treating the following related issues: firstly a more general ethnographic picture of the two societies, the variables of power/status in classroom and other interaction, solidarity in advice-giving and the use of approbatory expressions, service encounters and the differential use of language by males and females, the use of interruptions in television talk, and finally compliments.
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 88] 2001. xiv, 439 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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PrefaceSachiko Ide | p. xi
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IntroductionArın Bayraktaroğlu and Maria Sifianou | p. 1
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Freedom, solidarity and obligation: The socio-cultural context of Greek politenessRenée Hirschon | p. 17
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Politeness in Turkish and its linguistic manifestations: A socio-cultural perspectiveDeniz Zeyrek | p. 43
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Linguistics of power and politeness in Turkish: Revelations from speech actsSeran Doğançay-Aktuna and Sibel Kamışlı | p. 75
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Politeness in the classroom? Evidence from a Greek high schoolTheodossia-Soula Pavlidou | p. 105
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Congratulations and bravo!Marianthi Makri-Tsilipakou | p. 137
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Advice-giving in Turkish: “Superiority” or “solidarity”?Arın Bayraktaroğlu | p. 177
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The use of pronouns and terms of address in Turkish service encountersYasemin Bayyurt and Arın Bayraktaroğlu | p. 209
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Brief service encounters: Gender and politenessEleni Antonopoulou | p. 241
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“What you ‘re saying sounds very nice and I ‘m delighted to hear it”: Some considerations on the functions of presenter-initiated simultaneous speech in Greek panel discussionsAngeliki Tzanne | p. 271
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Analysis of the use of politeness maxims in interruptions in Turkish political debatesAlev Yemenici | p. 307
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Relevance theory and compliments as phatic communication: The case of TurkishŞükriye Ruhi and Gürkan Doğan | p. 341
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“Oh!How appropriate!” Compliments and politenessMaria Sifianou | p. 391
“[...] this is an extremely useful collection that would appeal to a very wide audience in a variety of disciplines. As well as multi-disciplinary appeal, the book would be a useful resource for anyone with an interest in issues of cultural communication, from a general undergraduate audience to someone with specific research interests. This collection is highly recommended with the hope that it also leads to the wide publication of similar well-researched, culturally-based materials that provide an opportunity to move away from theoretical, ethnocentric generalization towards a real inter-cultural perspective.”
Corinne Boz, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, in the Journal of Politeness Research, Vol. 1 (2005)
“This volume would surely be embraced by any reader interested in language use in general and in politeness studies in particular, be it native speaker of Greek or Turkish or not. I recommend it without reservation and with admiration.”
Chaoqun Xie, Fujian Teachers University, China
“[...] this volume has provided an excellent example of the steps we need to take towards empirical examination of different aspects of politeness across cultures. I highly recommend the volume to anyone interested in intercultural and intracultural communication and politeness.”
Christina Kakava, Mary Washington College, in Journal of Greek Linguistics 4:1
“The main strength of the volume resides in the breadth and wealth of the empirical data adduced, as well as the detailed analysis of these data guided by both politeness and conversation-analytic considerations. The editors should be praised for having masterfully coordinated such a project, which allow common themes to emerge.”
Marina Terkourafi, British School at Athens & University of Cambridge, in Language in Society Vol. 33 (2004)
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