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Politeness : Some Universals in Language Usage
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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.Abstract:
Symbols and abbreviations Foreword John J. Gumperz Introduction to the reissue Notes 1. Introduction 2. Summarized argument 3. The argument: intuitive bases and derivative definitions 4. On the nature of the model 5. Realizations of politeness strategies in language 6. Derivative hypotheses 7. Sociological implications 8. Implications for language studies 9. Conclusions Notes References Author index Subject index.read more
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Exchange and Power in Social Life
TL;DR: In a seminal work as discussed by the authors, Peter M. Blau used concepts of exchange, reciprocity, imbalance, and power to examine social life and to derive the more complex processes in social structure from the simpler ones.
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A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation
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The Theory of Social and Economic Organization
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The preference for self-correction in the organization of repair in conversation
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Agreeing and disagreeing with assessments: some features of preferred/dispreferred turn shapes
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