Publications

Publication details [#46695]

Grein, Marion. 2007. Kommunikative Grammatik im Sprachvergleich. Die Sprechaktsequenz Direktiv und Ablehnung im Deutschen und Japanischen. [A Comparative Approach to Communicative Grammar. The speech-act sequence "directive and refusal" in German and Japanese.] (Beiträge zur Dialogforschung 34). De Gruyter. VIII+ 444 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

German

Keywords

directive | language and culture | perception2 | refusing | speech act

Language as a subject

German | Japanese

Annotation

This study explores how the 'refusal' speech-act can be actualized in German and Japanese. Despite a number of resemblances in German and Japanese linguistic conventions, there are disparities in terms of e.g. directness, the refusal paradigm, and much more.