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CHAPTER 4: POWER AND POLITENESS FURTHER READING For more encompassing discussions of power, see Language, Society and Power (Mooney et al. 2011) or Power Talk (Thornborrow 2002). For a quick and gentle coverage of politeness issues, see Pragmatics (Peccei 1999). For more general discussions see Pragmatics and Discourse (Cutting 2002), Doing Pragmatics (Grundy 2008) or Meaning in Interaction: An Introduction to Pragmatics (Thomas 1995). For details of B&L’s theory see Brown and Levinson’s Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage (edited highlights are in their 2006 paper, while 1987 is the full version). For an alternative, maxim-based approach to politeness, see Principles of Pragmatics (Leech 1983). Finally, Politeness in Language (Watts et al. 1992), A Critique of Politeness Theories (Eelen 2001) and Politeness (Watts 2003) are all very good places to start any serious critical investigations (which should also include Goffman’s classic 1967 or 2006 paper On Face-Work). While we have not been able to devote any space to the (relatively) recent developments in impoliteness research, the chapter by Sara Mills in our Reader is as good a place to start as any (R1.7). Fruitful sources for journal articles on both politeness and impoliteness include the Journal of Pragmatics, Multilingua and the Journal of Politeness Research.

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Page 1: Chapter 4: power and politeness FUrther readinG · Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage (edited highlights are in their 2006 paper, while 1987 is the full version). For an

Chapter 4: power and politeness FUrther readinG

For more encompassing discussions of power, see Language, Society and Power (Mooney et al. 2011) or Power Talk (Thornborrow 2002). For a quick and gentle coverage of politeness issues, see Pragmatics (Peccei 1999). For more general discussions see Pragmatics and Discourse (Cutting 2002), Doing Pragmatics (Grundy 2008) or Meaning in Interaction: An Introduction to Pragmatics (Thomas 1995). For details of B&L’s theory see Brown and Levinson’s Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage (edited highlights are in their 2006 paper, while 1987 is the full version). For an alternative, maxim-based approach to politeness, see Principles of Pragmatics (Leech 1983). Finally, Politeness in Language (Watts et al. 1992), A Critique of Politeness Theories (Eelen 2001) and Politeness (Watts 2003) are all very good places to start any serious critical investigations (which should also include Goffman’s classic 1967 or 2006 paper On Face-Work). While we have not been able to devote any space to the (relatively) recent developments in impoliteness research, the chapter by Sara Mills in our Reader is as good a place to start as any (➔ R1.7). Fruitful sources for journal articles on both politeness and impoliteness include the Journal of Pragmatics, Multilingua and the Journal of Politeness Research.