Impoliteness in Interaction
Derek Bousfield
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 167] 2008. xiii, 281 pp.
Derek Bousfield
List of John Benjamins publications for which Derek Bousfield plays a role.
Title
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics
Articles
2013 Face in conflict Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 1:1, pp. 37–57 | Article
Studies of conflict and conflict resolution rarely concern themselves with the ways in which conflictive situations are triggered. Corsaro and Rizzo (1990), in considering interpersonal conflict and aggression do suggest that conflict begins with one antagonist taking challenging opposition to an… read more
2011 Chapter 6. Emotion and empathy in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas: A case study of the “funny guy” scene Telecinematic Discourse: Approaches to the language of films and television series, Piazza, Roberta, Monika Bednarek and Fabio Rossi (eds.), pp. 105–123 | Article
This chapter examines how the emotion fear is generated through the linguistic, paralinguistic and kinesic actions of multiple characters in the “funny guy” scene from Martin Scorsese’s 1990 film Goodfellas. The scene in question takes place in The Bamboo Lounge restaurant-bar and features Tommy, a… read more