Publications

Publication details [#48733]

Tracy, Karen. 2008. “Reasonable Hostility”: Situation-appropriate face-attack. Journal of Politeness Research 4 (2) : 169–191.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
aggression | context | face maintenance | meeting | school
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/JPLR/html

Annotation

This paper discusses “reasonable hostility” as a context-appropriate form of face-attack, in particular in U.S. school board meetings.