| Women, Men and Politeness Contributor(s): Holmes, Janet (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138836419 ISBN-13: 9781138836419 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306 |
| Lexile Measure: 1260 |
| Series: Real Language |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Women, Men and Politeness focuses on the specific issue of the ways in which women and men express politeness verbally. Using a range of evidence and a corpus of data collected largely from New Zealand, Janet Holmes examines the distribution and functions of a range of specific verbal politeness strategies in women's and men's speech and discusses the possible reasons for gender differences in this area. Data provided on interactional strategies, 'hedges and boosters', compliments and apologies, demonstrates ways in which women's politeness patterns differ from men's, with the implications of these different patterns explored, for women in particular, in the areas of education and professional careers. |