Publications

Publication details [#12166]

Wasson, Christina. 2000. Caution and consensus in American business meetings. Pragmatics 10 (4) : 457–481.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

consensus | meeting | politeness | workplace conversation

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

ISBN

1018-2101

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

In a study of how caution is employed in achieving consensus in talk in the workplace, two face-saving strategies are elaborated on: self-protection by way of opinion reversal and protecting others by helping them articulate the reversal.