Publications

Publication details [#39529]

Koutsantoni, Dimitra. 2004. Relations of power and solidarity in scientific communities: A cross-cultural comparison of politeness strategies in the writing of native English speaking and Greek engineers. Multilingua 23 (1-2) : 111–143.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and culture | politeness | power | scientific language | solidarity

Language as a subject

English | Greek

Place, Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/MULT/html

Annotation

This cross-cultural comparative study examines differences in politeness strategies in the English and Greek speaking scientific communities, and suggests that these differences are caused by cultural features and power and solidarity relations.