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Being Politically Impolite: Extending Politeness Theory to Adversarial Political Discourse
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The authors argue that much of the discourse of PM's Question Time is composed of intentional and explicitly face-threatening (or face-enhancing) acts and that these can be analysed in terms of both propositional and interactional levels.Abstract:
This article attempts to extend politeness theory beyond informal situations to adversarial political discourse, using Prime Minister's Question Time in the British Parliament as data. Viewing the House of Commons as a `community of practice' (Lave and Wenger, 1991) provides a way of exploring concepts of politeness and impoliteness against a set of member expectations. The article argues three main propositions: (1) that much of the discourse of Prime Minister's Question Time is composed of intentional and explicitly face-threatening (or face-enhancing) acts and that these can be analysed in terms of both propositional and interactional levels: (2) that negative politeness features co-exist with the performance of intentional threats to the hearer's positive face and that these can only be understood and interpreted in relationship to Parliament as an institution and the wider political context; and (3) that systematic impoliteness is not only sanctioned but rewarded in accordance with the expectations o...read more
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Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation
Jeanne Lave,Etienne Wenger +1 more
TL;DR: This work has shown that legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice is not confined to midwives, tailors, quartermasters, butchers, non-drinking alcoholics and the like.
Politeness : Some Universals in Language Usage
TL;DR: Gumperz as discussed by the authors discusses politeness strategies in language and their implications for language studies, including sociological implications and implications for social sciences. But he does not discuss the relationship between politeness and language.
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Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage
TL;DR: This paper presents an argument about the nature of the model and its implications for language studies and Sociological implications and discusses the role of politeness strategies in language.
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Towards an anatomy of impoliteness.
TL;DR: The authors consider the notions of inherent and mock impoliteness, and discuss contextual factors associated with impolite behaviour, and demonstrate that in some contexts, such as army training and literary drama, impolitity behaviour is not a marginal activity, and that we need an appropriate descriptive framework in order to account for it.
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Women, Men and Politeness
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse linguistic politeness, social dimensions and linguistic analysis, cross-cultural contrasts, what's in store Who speaks here? Interacting politely: Who's got the floor?, Who's asking questions, Who's interrupting and why, Back-channeling - a female speciality, Agreeable and disagreeable responses.