Publications

Publication details [#54973]

Halbe, Dorothea. 2011. Language in the military workplace—between hierarchy and politeness. Text & Talk 31 (3) : 315–334.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

directive | hierarchy | language use | politeness | workplace conversation

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study of (polite) language use in non-combat office situations in a US army battalion, shows peculiarities in domains such as rank, but also the use of typical characteristics of workplace talk such as directive mitigation.